切支丹御退治記 49巻. [1] - 翻刻

翻刻

【右丁】
　北村作左衛門と申者拙者共方へすけ候半迚
　其間五十間斗有之候を走参候内に拙者共四
　人は早家を出申候然処敵千余人出張中窪成
　る所に人数を隠し又は林之中所々にも勢を
　覆せて押行同勢を待受矢比三十間程に成候
　時俄に旗を掲小高き所へ上り膝台に而一段
　つるへかちに鉄炮放懸申候味方不意を打と
　原中にひし〱と臥居申候四人之者見之薮を
　分通其場へ走行申候処へ敵五六人薮陰ゟ横
　合に懸り来候鑓持に後れ申候故四人共に太
【左丁】
　刀打合左右壱人宛切臥申候其間に同勢鑓合
　入乱敵十三人打捕味方にも手負死人少々有
　之候其時四人之者同勢之処へ参候得は敵早
　く逃足出し候を同勢と一所に追討致し四五
　人討留申候其外道脇にも此彼に討れし者余
　多有之同類と申候其時之事以已後承候得は新
　兵衛も原中に乍伏敵に薬込かへさす爰を懸
　れと下知致し相懸りに仕候由申候扨逃る敵
　を八町余追付深江古城え追込候其屋敷には
　一揆之惣大将増田四郎楯籠道筋に逆茂木を

現代語訳

【右丁】
北村作左衛門という者が「私どもの方へ加勢いたしましょう」と言って、その間五十間ほどある距離を走って参ったが、その内に私ども四人は早くも家を出た。ところが敵千余人が出張し、中窪になっている所に人数を隠し、また林の中の所々にも兵を潜ませて押し寄せ、同勢を待ち受けた。矢合わせの距離三十間程になった時、俄かに旗を掲げて小高い所へ上がり、膝をついた姿勢で一斉に鉄砲を放ちかけてきた。味方は不意を打たれて原っぱの中にひしひしと伏せた。四人の者はこれを見て薮を分け入って通り、その場へ走って行ったところ、敵五、六人が薮陰から横合いに襲いかかって来た。槍持ちに後れたため、四人とも太刀で

【左丁】
打ち合い、左右一人ずつ切り伏せた。その間に同勢が槍を合わせて入り乱れ、敵十三人を討ち取った。味方にも手負いや死人が少々あった。その時四人の者が同勢のところへ参ったところ、敵は早くも逃げ足を出したので、同勢と一緒に追討ちをして四、五人討ち留めた。その外、道脇にもあちこちに討たれた者が非常に多くあり、同類だという。その時の事を後に聞いたところでは、新兵衛も原っぱの中に伏せながら敵に「弾込めを替えさせるな、ここを駆けよ」と下知をして、相懸かりに仕ったということである。さて逃げる敵を八町余り追いかけて深江古城へ追い込んだ。その屋敷には一揆の総大将増田四郎が楯籠もり、道筋には逆茂木を

英語訳

[Right page]
A man named Kitamura Sakuzaemon said, "I shall come to assist you," and ran across a distance of about fifty ken, but by then we four had already left the house. However, over a thousand enemy forces had deployed, hiding their numbers in hollowed areas and concealing troops in various places within the forest. They pressed forward and waited for our forces. When the arrow-shooting distance became about thirty ken, they suddenly raised their banners, climbed to a slightly elevated position, and began firing their muskets in unison from a kneeling position. Our forces, caught off guard, lay flat against the ground in the field. The four of us, seeing this, pushed through the thicket and ran toward the scene. Then five or six enemies attacked from the side from behind the thicket. Since we had fallen behind our spear-bearers, all four of us engaged with our swords,

[Left page]
cutting down one enemy each on either side. Meanwhile, our main force engaged with spears in fierce combat, killing thirteen enemies. We also had some wounded and dead on our side. When the four of us rejoined our main force, the enemy had already begun to flee, so we pursued them together with our forces and killed four or five more. Besides these, there were very many others killed here and there along the roadside, said to be of the same group. Regarding the events of that time, I heard later that Shinbei, while lying flat in the field, gave orders to the enemy saying "Don't let them reload their gunpowder! Charge here!" and engaged them accordingly. Now, we pursued the fleeing enemy for over eight chō and drove them into Fukae old castle. In that manor, Masuda Shirō, the general leader of the uprising, had barricaded himself, and along the road there were abatis...