What was sir john harington supposed to translate while he was banished?

Sir john harington    (1560 – 1612) of kelston was an english courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet. harington’s father enriched the family by marrying an illegitimate daughter of king henry viii; his second wife, and john’s mother, was a gentlewoman of the privy chamber of queen elizabeth i, who stood as godmother for john. the young man  was educated at eton, cambridge, and lincoln’s inn, london. he became a prominent member of queen elizabeth i’s court, and was known as her “saucy godson”. but because of his poetry and other writings, he fell in and out of favour with the queen. for translating and circulating among the ladies a wanton tale from the 16th-century italian poet ariosto, he was banished from court until he should translate the whole of ariosto’s epic poem   orlando furioso