翻刻
「右帖」
一 御用丸一艘 矢倉役 舟付一人か子十五人
附札
私に曰小早舟五艘
に而打払し大筒故
すき間もなく打
前に廻り来る故
玉萬込たる事も
忘れ二重込に成
たる成へし
幾左衛門無念也
後人の心得にて
成事也
本文
斯而慈嶋はあ津れに漕出し唐船をはるかに見渡
せば今宵は七月十四日夜なる故か唐船にも燈
籠を余多燈しつれ賑かに相見へし間唐船の在所
慥相見へし侭夏の夜の事なれば早亥の刻ころ頃よりそ
ろそろと船の櫓声をも立てず押寄丑の刻頃下（さかり）には
唐船漕付月の夜なれは明るを待く不及可打懸併
一同に打懸ては夜中之之事なれは？入有て無心元と
て廻り打て大つなぎに並び漕廻り漕廻り一艘より弐放宛
「左帖」
打懸け漕廻し唐人共は夜中に思ひがけなく鉄砲を打
懸られうろたへ船の内之騒動すははりける処に太田文
九朗打敷被成ける間打しとせしに火不通せとや角せし
故手伝の田中村右衛門立寄口薬をつぎ火縄を取背
させ打せけれ共又火不通故文九朗不打放村右衛門は
一放打て諸へ？りて漕通る諸は明明に漕廻りて打
懸る太田は火不通「朱線で抹消 不ふ通」不打放事をあからず
思ひ関板の上に筒口つきて玉薬をうつして又余
之玉薬を込けり大筒の船七艘なれは頃？又太田
打敷に成漕廻り打放に最前之ことくに不通故田中申
現代語訳
「右帖」
一 御用船一艘 矢倉役 舟付一人、梶子十五人
附札
私に曰く、小早舟五艘
にて打ち払い、大筒故
隙間もなく撃ち、
前に回り来る故、
弾丸込めたることも
忘れ、二重込みに成
ったるなるべし。
幾左衛門無念なり。
後人の心得にて
なることなり。
本文
このようにして慈島は沖合に漕ぎ出し、唐船を遥かに見渡すと、今宵は七月十四日夜なる故か、唐船にも燈籠を数多く灯して賑やかに見えた間、唐船の在り処が確かに見えた。夏の夜のことなれば、早くも亥の刻頃よりそろそろと船の櫓音をも立てず押し寄せ、丑の刻頃盛りには唐船に漕ぎ付いた。月夜なれば明るきを待つに及ばず打ち掛かるべく、併し一同に打ち掛かっては夜中のことなれば味方討ちあって無心元なりとて、回り撃ちて大繋ぎに並び漕ぎ回り漕ぎ回り、一艘より二発ずつ
「左帖」
打ち掛け漕ぎ回し、唐人共は夜中に思いがけなく鉄砲を打ち掛けられ、うろたえて船の内の騒動甚だしかったところに、太田文九郎が撃とうとしたが火が通らず困っていた故、手伝いの田中村右衛門が立ち寄り口薬を継ぎ、火縄を取り背負わせて撃たせたが、また火が通らない故、文九郎は撃てず、村右衛門は一発撃って諸共に漕ぎ通る。皆は明々と漕ぎ回りて打ち掛かる。太田は火が通らず撃てないことを悔しく思い、甲板の上に筒口を突きて弾薬を移して、また余りの弾薬を込めた。大筒の船七艘なれば頃合いよく、また太田が撃とうとしたが漕ぎ回り撃とうとするに最前の如くに通らない故、田中が申すには
英語訳
「Right Volume」
Item: One official vessel Archer One boat attendant, fifteen oarsmen
Attached note
I say: With five small fast boats
they repelled [the enemy], and because of the large cannons
firing without pause,
and coming around to the front,
forgetting that ammunition had been loaded,
double-loading likely occurred.
Ikuzaemon's regret.
This is for the instruction
of future generations.
Main text
Thus Jishima rowed out to the offing, and looking far out at the Chinese ship, since tonight was the night of July 14th, the Chinese ship also had many lanterns lit and appeared lively, so the location of the Chinese ship was clearly visible. Since it was a summer night, from around the hour of the Boar (9-11 PM) they quietly approached without making any sound with their oars, and by around the height of the hour of the Ox (1-3 AM) they had rowed up to the Chinese ship. Since it was a moonlit night, there was no need to wait for daylight to attack, but if they all attacked at once in the middle of the night there might be friendly fire incidents which would be troublesome, so they decided on rotating attacks, lining up in a great formation and rowing around and around, with each vessel firing two shots at a time.
「Left Volume」
They attacked while rowing around, and the Chinese were startled by the unexpected gunfire in the middle of the night, panicking with great commotion inside their ship. At this point, Ōta Bunkurō tried to fire but the ignition failed, so his assistant Tanaka Muraemon approached, added priming powder, took the match cord and had him fire, but again the ignition failed, so Bunkurō could not fire. Muraemon fired one shot and rowed through together with the others. Everyone rowed around brightly and attacked. Ōta regretfully thought about his gun not firing, so he stuck the muzzle on the deck, transferred the ammunition, and loaded additional gunpowder. Since there were seven cannon boats, at a good moment Ōta tried to fire again, but when rowing around to fire, it failed to ignite as before, so Tanaka said: