First Version, According to the Account of Sebastian Franck

"The most important matter in this transaction" he writes, "is the imperial code, which contains chapter 1, book 2, an edict issued by the Emperors Theodosius and Honorius, which reads as follows: 'If any minister of the Christian church is found guilty of having rebaptized anyone, he, together with the person so rebaptized, provided the latter is proved to be of such an age as to understand the crime, shall be put to death.'"