Second Version, According to the Annotation of Martin Bellius

"Since we must speak," he writes, "of that imperial code, we will relate the following, namely, about the law contained in the first codex prohibiting rebaptism. Joined to the other, it reads as follows

"The Emperors, Honorius and Theodosius, to A. A. Antonius, the magistrate

"If information is obtained that anyone has rebaptized a servant of the Catholic [general] religion, he shall be put to death, together with the latter, who has committed a punishable crime, provided he is old enough to be capable of committing it (and has been instructed concerning the matter)."