Some grenadiers once more entered, and carried him also out of the place.
Lucien found the soldiery without in a high state of excitement.

He immediately got upon horseback, that he might be seen and heard the better, and exclaimed: "General Buonaparte, and you, soldiers of France, the President of the Council of Five Hundred announces to you that factious men with daggers interrupt the deliberations of the senate.

He authorises you to employ force.

The Assembly of Five Hundred is dissolved." Napoleon desired Le Clerc to execute the orders of the President, and he, with a detachment of grenadiers, forthwith marched into the hall.
Amidst the reiterated screams of "_Vive la Republique_" which saluted their entrance, an aide-de-camp mounted the tribune, and bade the assembly disperse.

"Such," said he, "are the orders of the General." Some obeyed; others renewed their shouting.