Next came a call for the chair of Mr.Henry Boyle, who was followed by Harcourt, the attorney general, then the chair of My Lord Godolphin was summoned.
Desmond and three or four others, who had gathered to see the members of the council come out, had been ordered off by the sentries as soon as the first chair was called, but remained near enough to hear the names.

To his satisfaction, Godolphin's chair was carried off in the direction they had anticipated, and he at once ran on and joined his companions.
Presently, the lights carried by the two link men were seen approaching, and, as the chair came abreast of him, he shouted: "Now!" Almost simultaneously, the four heavy cudgels alighted on the heads of the four men, levelling them senseless to the ground; and O'Neil and Desmond sprang to the chair, and wrenched the door open, while O'Sullivan and Mike bound the four men, and thrust the gags into their mouths.

Lord Godolphin had been thrown from his seat by the sudden fall of his bearers, and was seized and bound before he was conscious of what had happened.

Then his captors assisted the others in carrying the fallen men to some distance from the path.
A couple of minutes sufficed to cover the gilding and armorial bearings upon the chair.

The torches were still burning on the ground.