Two companies of Swiss guards marched first, followed by a royal carriage containing the duke and Guibaut.

The carriage was surrounded by the royal musketeers.

A body of light cavalry followed, and the two companies of the Poitou regiment brought up the rear.

Thus the people of Paris were shown that the queen had both the will and the power to punish, and the fickle population, who would the day before have shouted in honour of Beaufort, were delighted at seeing that the royal authority was once again paramount in Paris.

The other members of the party of Importants either fled or were arrested.