切支丹御退治記 49巻. [8] - 翻刻

翻刻

　士出丸之内江入与等く熊谷佐野件之柵ゟ下り入
　伊藤茂続而馳出希るか終に両人を欠抜け出丸之
　方に付て城中江飛入鍋島之軍勢与立并而進希
　るか当手之軍勢二之丸之正面に溢入を見而左
　之方へ横に馳来る其途中に而星野惣兵衛呼
　懸け我等者最初に乗込堂類も胴勢続かさ
　る尓依而今角先手江馳加る也与証拠之為尓
　言葉を加己春亦中井次郎助は常に射藝之
　達者成しか先手を馳出数拾人群多る敵中
　江差詰引詰弓を放希る尓あた矢無当手

　皆羽を（答）此時敵三人次郎助を目拙而追来る左
　吉使三人に立向ひ矢に進た類敵之胸板を突
　与？へ群多る敵之中ゟ鉄砲を以而伊藤か左
　之敵を右之首之付祢をさし亭打抜希れ
　はうつふし尓倒連しか左吉は鉄砲に中りしと
　は不知彼立向たる敵に鑓付け羅連し登了　
　簡して定而追付可来然者起上り切臥ん登
　覚悟して刀之柄に手を掛け侍居たれ共■【門構えに鬼。味方】大勢
　欠合希れは彼両人之敵引退か左吉を春傍輩
　引起し而伊藤歟下人に渡し希る尓依而下人肩

現代語訳

士が出丸の内に入ると同時に、熊谷・佐野はその柵から下りて入り、伊藤も続いて駆け出した。ついに両人を追い抜いて出丸の方に向かい、城中へ飛び込み、鍋島の軍勢と並んで進んだ。当手の軍勢が二の丸の正面へ溢れ入るのを見て、左の方へ横に駆け寄ってきた。その途中で星野惣兵衛が呼びかけて「我らは最初に乗り込んだが、胴勢（後続）が続かなかったために、今になって先手に駆け加わるのだ」と証拠のために言葉をかけた。また、中井次郎助は常日頃から弓術の達者であったが、先手を駆け出して数十人が群がる敵の中へ矢を差し詰め引き詰め弓を放ったところ、当たらぬ矢は無く、当手の

皆が（感嘆して）これに応えた。このとき敵三人が次郎助を目がけて追って来た。左吉は三人に立ち向かい、矢を進めてきた敵の胸板を突こうとしたところ、群がる敵の中から鉄砲をもって伊藤の左の敵を右の首のつけ根をさして打ち抜いたので、うつ伏せに倒れた。左吉は鉄砲に当たったとは知らず、かの立ち向かっていた敵に鑓を付けられたのだと了解して、「定めて追い付いて来るであろう。ならば起き上がり切り伏せよう」と覚悟して刀の柄に手を掛けて待ち構えていたが、味方の大勢が駆け合ったので、かの両人の敵は引き退き、左吉を傍輩が引き起こして、伊藤の下人（従者）に渡したので、下人は肩に

英語訳

As the warriors entered the interior of the outer bailey, Kumagai and Sano descended through that palisade, with Itō following close behind. Eventually overtaking the two men, he charged toward the outer bailey, flew into the castle, and advanced side by side with Nabeshima's forces. Seeing that the allied forces were flooding into the front of the second bailey, he rushed diagonally to the left. Along the way, Hoshino Sōbei called out, saying: "We were among the first to charge in, but because the main body of troops did not follow, we are only now joining the advance force." He said this as a matter of record, by way of testimony. Also, Nakai Jirōsuke, who had long been an expert in archery, dashed ahead of the vanguard and shot arrows into a cluster of dozens of enemies, nocking and drawing to full capacity — and not a single arrow missed. All the

allied warriors responded with admiration. At this moment, three enemies came charging toward Jirōsuke. Sakichi turned to face the three men and attempted to thrust at the chest of an enemy advancing with arrows, when a musket shot fired from among the clustered enemies struck the right side of the neck of the enemy to Itō's left, felling him face-down. Sakichi, not knowing that the enemy had been struck by a musket ball, understood it as though the enemy had been brought down by a spear thrust, and braced himself, thinking: "He will surely recover and come after me. If so, I shall rise and cut him down." He gripped the hilt of his sword and waited, but when a large number of allies came rushing in, those two enemies withdrew. His comrades helped Sakichi to his feet and handed him to Itō's manservant, whereupon the manservant shouldered him and