切支丹御退治記 49巻. [8] - 翻刻

翻刻

　迄不罷帰候多分討死可仕候若手負居申候
　事も候半哉兎茂角もあ連召寄度候如何可
　致哉与被仰候得共誰可参与申者茂無之故呼
　に可遣者を御思案候処次郎右衛門参呉候得
　与御申候に付任其意申候浅野外記与申出頭《割書：人》に次郎
　右衛門申候者夜中と申殊更闇夜に討死仕候共證
　拠有之間鋪候誠に犬死之仕合無念無情候
　得共い屋と申道も無之候得者ふ及是非に与申捨
　又城下辺江罷越先手衆笧を焼中に通し申
　事に而無之所を色々にちんし候而城下尋申候

　得共平左衛門に免具合不申無是非戻里可申に
　究め壱町斗茂罷帰候得共余人に又御申付召
　連参候得者おく連に茂可罷成事よと存引返
　し尋申候得者天命に而やひしと行合則平右
　衛門同道仕丹後守殿前江罷出候一段機嫌能
　礼を被仰候由事
別当杢左衛門覚書曰二月廿七日申刻に鍋島
　殿手ゟ出丸江乗入火を懸候様に相見申候に付
　何茂追々尓惣乗に被成候其刻牧野伝蔵
　殿御手負被成候由松倉右近殿茂手を御

現代語訳

まで帰らなかった。多分討死するだろう。もしかすると負傷しているかもしれない。とにかく連れて呼び寄せたいが、どうしたらよいだろうか」と仰せられたが、誰が参ろうと申す者もいなかったので、呼びに遣わす者をご思案されたところ、次郎右衛門が参りましょうとお申しになったので、その意に従った。浅野外記という出頭人に次郎右衛門が申すには「夜中といい、殊更闇夜なので討死したとしても証拠がないでしょう。誠に犬死の仕合で無念無情ですが、他に道もないのでやむを得ません」と申し捨てた。

また城下辺りへ出かけて行き、先手衆の篝火を焼く中を通すのではない所を色々と陣取りして城下を尋ねたが、平左衛門に出会うことができず、やむを得ず戻ろうと決めて一町ほども帰ったが、他人にまたお申し付けになって連れて参らせるなら、奥まで行くこともできることだと思い引き返して尋ねたところ、天命でやられたのかと行き合った。すぐに平右衛門と同道して丹後守殿の前へ参上した。一段と機嫌よく礼を仰せられたということである。

別当杢左衛門の覚書に曰く「二月二十七日申の刻に鍋島殿の手から出丸へ乗り入れ火をかけるように相見えたので、皆も追々に総攻撃になされた。その刻、牧野伝蔵殿がお手負いになられた。松倉右近殿も手をお

英語訳

had not returned. He would probably die in battle. Perhaps he might be wounded. In any case, we want to call him back, but what should we do?" was said, but since there was no one who would volunteer to go, when they were considering who to send to call him back, Jirōemon offered to go, and they accepted his intention. Jirōemon said to the squad leader named Asano Geki: "It being the middle of the night, and moreover a dark night, even if he dies in battle there would be no proof. Truly it would be a meaningless dog's death, regrettable and pitiful, but since there is no other way, it cannot be helped," and departed.

He also went toward the castle town area, and taking various positions in places other than where the vanguard troops' watch fires were burning, he searched the castle town. However, he could not meet Heizaemon, so he decided he had no choice but to return and walked back about one chō. But thinking that if someone else were ordered to bring him back, it would be possible to go all the way, he turned back and searched again. Then by divine providence he encountered [Heizaemon] who had been struck down. Immediately accompanying Heizaemon, he appeared before Tango-no-kami-dono, who spoke words of thanks in very good spirits.

The memorandum of Bettō Mokuzaemon states: "On the 27th day of the second month at the hour of the monkey, it appeared that [forces] from Nabeshima-dono's unit broke into the outer citadel and set fires, so everyone gradually launched a general assault. At that moment, Makino Denzō-dono was wounded. Matsukura Ukon-dono also injured his hand