切支丹御退治記 49巻. [8] - 翻刻

翻刻

　伊豆守左門も出て見るに一揆原表裏に有歟
　与存し鉄砲之者一両人出曲輪之土手江上け
　土俵を一二俵者年候得共出丸には一揆壱人
　も無し西之方天草丸之方ゟ鉄砲尓て土手江
　上りたる足軽を壱人打落す出曲輪尓て弥一
　揆原壱人もなし然共出曲輪は少き郭也取て
　詮も無事兎角明日は惣責而城中を替乗取扁
　きと伊豆守佐門何も存に付て出曲輪之塀迄
　鍋島人数竹束を付て置候与下知をして左門
　陣屋江孰も引込たり其内に鍋島先手之人数

　出曲輪之塀迄仕寄を可付迚催す処に鍋島手
　江見付として被付る榊原飛騨守父子出曲輪
　江乗込鍋島先手之人数夫を見て上使之飛騨
　守に乗ら連て其上飛騨守なとを打せては鍋
　島不覚多るへきとて一度に登つと楚乗込多
　り即時に二之曲輪迄乗込小屋共に火を懸る
　惣手之人数是を見て先手後手之分も無く下
　知もなく取物も取あへす一度にとつと乗込
　多り三之曲輪ゟは細川越中守立花飛騨守乗
　込也二之曲輪ゟは有馬玄蕃頭松倉長門介乗

現代語訳

伊豆守、左門も出て見るに、一揆原が表裏にいるかと思い、鉄砲の者一、二人を出曲輪の土手へ上げ、土俵を一、二俵置いたけれども、出丸には一揆が一人もいなかった。西の方、天草丸の方から鉄砲で土手へ上った足軽を一人打ち落とした。出曲輪にはやはり一揆原が一人もいない。しかし出曲輪は小さい郭であり、取っても詮もないことである。とにかく明日は総攻撃して城中を明け渡させ、乗っ取るべきだと伊豆守、左門ともに考えたので、出曲輪の塀まで鍋島の人数が竹束を付けて置くよう下知をして、左門の陣屋へ皆引き込んだ。その間に鍋島の先手の人数が

出曲輪の塀まで仕寄を付けようとして準備しているところに、鍋島隊の見付として付けられている榊原飛騨守父子が出曲輪へ乗り込んだ。鍋島先手の人数がそれを見て、上使の飛騨守に遅れをとり、その上飛騨守などを討たせては鍋島の不覚となるだろうとて、一度にざっと乗り込んだ。即座に二の曲輪まで乗り込み、小屋共に火を掛けた。総手の人数がこれを見て、先手後手の区別もなく、下知もなく、武器を取る間もなく一度にどっと乗り込んだ。三の曲輪からは細川越中守、立花飛騨守が乗り込み、二の曲輪からは有馬玄蕃頭、松倉長門介が乗り

英語訳

Izu-no-kami and Samon came out to observe, thinking that rebels might be lurking front and back. They sent one or two gunners up onto the earthworks of the outer bailey and placed one or two earth-filled bags there, but there was not a single rebel in the outer bailey. From the west, from the direction of Amakusa-maru, they shot down one ashigaru (foot soldier) who had climbed up onto the earthworks with gunfire. Indeed, there was not a single rebel in the outer bailey. However, the outer bailey was a small enclosure, and capturing it would serve no purpose. In any case, tomorrow they would launch a general assault to force the surrender of the castle and take it over - this is what both Izu-no-kami and Samon thought. So they ordered Nabeshima's forces to place bamboo bundles up to the fence of the outer bailey, and everyone withdrew to Samon's camp headquarters. Meanwhile, Nabeshima's vanguard forces

were preparing to construct siege works up to the fence of the outer bailey when Sakakibara Hida-no-kami and his son, who had been assigned as scouts to Nabeshima's forces, charged into the outer bailey. Nabeshima's vanguard forces saw this and thought that if they fell behind the envoy Hida-no-kami, and moreover if they allowed Hida-no-kami and others to be killed, it would be a disgrace for Nabeshima. So they all charged in at once. They immediately stormed into the second bailey and set fire to the huts. When the main forces saw this, without distinction between vanguard and rear guard, without orders, and without time to take up their weapons, they all rushed in at once. From the third bailey, Hosokawa Etchū-no-kami and Tachibana Hida-no-kami charged in, and from the second bailey, Arima Gemba-no-kami and Matsuura Nagato-no-suke charged