翻刻
【右丁】
鳳翔院様江御奉公申上候儀ニ候へハ
御同人様江被 召仕被下置度由
願申上候所尤ニ被 思召候内証ニ而弐百
石為取候由被為及 聞召候間其通
ニ而御奉公為仕候様被 仰付御供番被
召仕候事
一 同八《割書：申》年二月養父伊右衛門実子藤
太郎出生成人仕候間此者嫡子ニ被
仰付私義本性へ御返被下御小性之時分
被下置候御給分ニ而御奉公被
【左丁】
仰付被下度由訴訟申上候へハ願申上候
所被 聞召届候乍去本性跡絶被申ニ
而も無之他門へ被養申にても無々#1候幼少
ゟ伊右衛門養育を受候為因只今迄之弐百石
之御知行分知被 仰付候間名苗字共
其通ニ而伊右衛門子分ニ罷成御奉公可申上候相
残御知行藤太郎ニ不足ニも不被
思召候ヶ様被 仰出候上重而何様之儀
申上候共理外之儀 思召之間一切御
取上被遊間敷由被 仰出候事
現代語訳
【右丁】
鳳翔院様へ御奉公申し上げる儀でございますので、御同人様へお召し使い下さいと願い申し上げたところ、もっともだとお思い召しになり、内証で二百石を取らせているとお聞きになられたので、その通りで御奉公させるよう仰せ付けられ、御供番にお召し使いになった。
同八（申）年二月 養父伊右衛門の実子藤太郎が出生し成人したので、この者を嫡子に仰せ付けられ、私は本姓へお返し下さり、御小性の時分に下し置かれた御給分で御奉公を
【左丁】
仰せ付け下さるよう訴訟申し上げたところ、願い申し上げたことをお聞き届け下された。しかしながら本姓の跡が絶えたわけでもなく、他門へ養子に出されたわけでもない。幼少から伊右衛門の養育を受けた因縁により、今までの二百石の御知行の分知を仰せ付けられたので、名・苗字ともにそのままで、伊右衛門の子分となって御奉公申し上げること。残りの御知行は藤太郎にも不足とはお思いにならない。このように仰せ出された上は、重ねてどのような儀を申し上げても理外の儀とお思いになるので、一切お取り上げになることはないと仰せ出された。
英語訳
【Right Page】
"Since this concerns service to Lord Hōshōin, please employ him under His Lordship," he petitioned. This was deemed reasonable, and since it was heard that he was privately receiving two hundred koku, he was ordered to serve in that capacity and was employed as a personal attendant (otomban).
Kanbun 8 (Year of the Monkey, 1668), 2nd month: Since the adoptive father Iemon's biological son Tōtarō was born and came of age, this person was designated as heir, and I was to be returned to my original family name and serve with the stipend granted when I was a page.
【Left Page】
When I petitioned for this arrangement, my request was heard and granted. However, it was not that my original family line had died out, nor that I had been adopted into another family. Due to the connection of having been raised by Iemon from childhood, I was granted a portion (bunchichi) of the previous two hundred koku fief. Therefore, keeping both my given name and surname as they were, I would become Iemon's subordinate and serve the lord. The remaining fief would not be insufficient for Tōtarō either. Having made this pronouncement, any further petitions on this matter would be considered unreasonable, and no changes would be made to this arrangement.