I have good reason to believe that such orders _had_ been given.
But I have still stronger reasons for doubting that they were ever given by the Grand Duke.

And I am surest of all, that let them have been given by whom they may, there was not the smallest chance of their being obeyed.

As for the Duke himself, I am very sure that he would have given or even done much to prevent any such catastrophe.
But perhaps the most remarkable and most singular scene of all that rose-water revolution was the Duke's departure from his capital and his duchy.

Other sovereigns in similar plight have hidden themselves, travestied themselves, had hairbreadth escapes, or have not escaped at all.

In Tuscany the fallen ruler went forth in his own carriage with one other following it, both rather heavily laden with luggage.