usual. After speaking with him for a few minutes, the queen left
the room with Mazarin, and Guibaut, captain of the Guards, at once
came forward and arrested him. He was kept at the Louvre that
night, and next day was taken to the castle of Vincennes. 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. The Campions, Beaupuis, and others, succeeded in making
their escape from France. The Marquis of Chateauneuf, governor
of Touraine, was ordered back to his province. La Chatres, colonel
general, was dismissed from his post; the Duc de Vendome was
forced to leave France; and the ambitious Bishop of Beauvais and
several other prelates were commanded to return to their dioceses.
All the members of the Vendome family were exiled to the chateau
of Annette. Madame de Chevreuse, de Hautefort, and a large number
of other members of the party were ordered to leave Paris. Thus
the party of the Importants ceased to exist.

The people of Paris seemed greatly pleased at what appeared to
them the end of the troubles, and they exclaimed that Richelieu
was not dead, but that he had simply changed his appearance, and had
become twenty years younger. Mazarin chose a number of soldiers
belonging to his own regiment, and several officers who belonged
to Richelieu's own guard. These were at all times to follow