“As for the reason for ordering my dear accomplice to leave the Republic, it was not a game, because the State Inquisitors had many means when they wanted to completely cleanse the state of players. The reason for his expulsion, however, was different, and extreme. A noble Venetian from the Gritti family, nicknamed Sgombro (Mackerel), fell in love with this man in an unnatural way and he, either for the sake of laughter, or out of inclination, was not cruel to him. The great harm was that this monstrous love was manifested in public. The scandal reached such a degree that the wise government was forced to order the young man to go live somewhere else..."