There is also an interesting, yet uncorroborated story about a "Salvator Fabritz" (sic) coming to Sweden in 1594 as an assassin hired by king Sigismund III Vasa, according to the "Exegesis historica", written by Duke Charles and his Chancellor Nicolaus Chesnecopherus and printed in Stockholm in 1610 based on a Swedish version published in 1609. According to this account, Sigismund intended to assassinate his uncle Charles, during a banquet at Uppsala on February 12, following the royal funeral of John III on 1 February. After the meal a number of costumed Italians, including an actor and playwright by the name of Salvator Fabritz, took part in a stage-performance with drawn swords. Fabritz was supposed to kill Charles during the performance, but Charles had been warned by a certain Hieronymus Strozzi and stayed away from the banquet. However, given that "Fabris" is a very common Italian surname (akin to "Smith" in English), it seems highly unlikely that these are both the same person. Also, there is no record of the Master ever being in Sweden.