翻刻
テ耳ニ及ヒ齒ハ馬ノ齒ノ如ク雪ヨリモ白シ爪
ハ熊ノ手足ニ似タリ髪ハ鼠色ニシテ其年齡五十
計ニ見ヘタリ名ハウルカン破天連ト云南蠻切
支丹國ノ者ニシテ天帝ノ宗門弘法ノ爲ニ渡來セ
リ日々ニ長崎ノ靈社佛閣ニ徘徊スルニ其異相
ヲ見ル人羣集ヲナセリ或ハ其異相ヲ畫ニ寫シ
書付ニ記シテ中國ニ傳ヘ京師ニ入ル信長江州
安土ニ在テ是ヲ傳へ聞ン召シテ登セ見ンヿヲ
欲ストイヘトモ領主龍造寺ノ押留センヿヲ思慮
シテ計謀ヲ廻ラシ將軍家ノ從臣□フカヤ源内
現代語訳
て耳に及び、歯は馬の歯のように雪よりも白い。爪は熊の手足に似ており、髪は鼠色で、その年齢は五十歳ほどに見えた。名前はウルガン・バテレンといい、南蛮キリシタン国の者で、天帝の宗門弘法のために渡来した。日々長崎の霊社仏閣に徘徊していると、その異様な容貌を見る人々が群れ集まった。ある者はその異相を絵に写し、書付に記して中国地方に伝え、京師に入れた。信長は近江国安土にいてこれを伝え聞き、召し寄せて見たいと思ったが、領主龍造寺が引き止めることを思慮して策謀を巡らし、将軍家の従臣［ ］フカヤ源内［を使った］。
英語訳
extending to his ears, and his teeth were white as snow, like a horse's teeth. His nails resembled those of a bear's paws, his hair was mouse-colored, and he appeared to be about fifty years of age. His name was Urugan Bateren, and he was from a Nanban Christian country, having crossed over to propagate the religion of the Heavenly Emperor. Daily he wandered around the sacred shrines and Buddhist temples of Nagasaki, and people would gather in crowds to see his strange appearance. Some drew pictures of his unusual features and recorded them in writing, spreading these through the Chūgoku region and into the capital. Nobunaga, who was in Azuchi in Ōmi Province, heard of this and desired to summon him to see for himself, but considering that the lord Ryūzōji would try to detain him, he devised a stratagem and [used] a retainer of the Shōgun's house, [ ] Fukaya Gen'nai.