切支丹御退治記 49巻. [5] - 翻刻

翻刻

　を渡り数十丈之石垣を攀上り塀下へ取付て
　己に塀を乗越んと須城兵共爰を先途に相　
　支防戦従兵之内に堀田庄左衛門佐藤四郎
　右衛門渡辺佐左衛門等先陣に進て内膳正に
　属し無比類相戦終に矢面に婦さかり令
　討死候内膳正は手負死人を乗越踏越塀
　を乗己んと采牌を腰江指候得者城兵是を大
　将と見我茂々与切て懸り弓鉄炮石礫を投
　掛進駈る内膳正家来小林九兵衛鎗に而突
　合城兵を討取一番首と名乗候因相続て赤

　羽源兵衛小川又左衛門左右に進而相戦所に城中
　ゟ頻りに打立候大石飛来て内膳正唐子頭之
　甲に当て忽に打砕か連候夫に茂不構懸登　
　所を城兵熊手を以て半月之腰指を引破り候
　剰手に持候当麻之鎗を突折候而鉄炮玉乳
　之下に中り押付へ抜出立所に致落命候赤羽小
　川両人共に各手負小林九兵衛も鉄炮に当り疵
　を承り候得共此三人走寄て内膳正を肩に
　懸て石垣を下り候内内膳正家人伊藤半之
　允武田七郎左衛門浅井太兵衛平井新五兵衛　

現代語訳

堀を渡り、数十丈の石垣をよじ登り、塀の下に取り付いて、今まさに塀を乗り越えようとした時、城兵たちがここを最後の防衛線として激しく防戦した。従兵の中では堀田庄左衛門、佐藤四郎右衛門、渡辺佐左衛門等が先陣に進んで内膳正に従い、比類なく戦い、ついに矢面に身をさらして討死した。内膳正は手負いや死人を乗り越え踏み越えて塀を乗り越えようと采配を腰に差したところ、城兵はこれを大将と見て、我も我もと切りかかり、弓・鉄砲・石礫を投げかけた。進み駆ける内膳正の家来小林九兵衛は槍で突き合い、城兵を討ち取って一番首と名乗った。それに続いて赤羽源兵衛、小川又左衛門が左右に進んで戦っていたところ、城中からしきりに打ち立てた大石が飛来して、内膳正の唐子頭の兜に当たって、たちまち打ち砕いた。それにも構わず駆け登ろうとしたところ、城兵が熊手で半月の腰指を引き破り、さらに手に持っていた当麻の槍を突き折り、鉄砲玉が乳の下に命中して、押し付けへ抜け出て立ち上がろうとしたところで命を落とした。赤羽、小川両人ともそれぞれ手負いとなり、小林九兵衛も鉄砲に当たって傷を負ったが、この三人が走り寄って内膳正を肩に担いで石垣を下りた。その間、内膳正の家人である伊藤半之允、武田七郎左衛門、浅井太兵衛、平井新五兵衛は

英語訳

He crossed the moat, climbed up a stone wall several dozen jō high, reached the base of the wall, and was about to climb over it when the castle defenders made this their final line of defense and fought desperately. Among his retainers, Hotta Shōzaemon, Satō Shirōemon, Watanabe Sazaemon and others advanced to the front line, followed Naizen-no-sho, fought incomparably, and finally exposed themselves to enemy fire and died in battle. Naizen-no-sho climbed over the wounded and dead, trying to scale the wall, and when he thrust his commander's baton into his sash, the castle defenders recognized him as a general and rushed at him one after another, hurling arrows, bullets, and stones. As Naizen-no-sho pressed forward, his retainer Kobayashi Kyūbei engaged with his spear, killed a castle defender, and proclaimed himself the winner of the first head. Following this, Akabane Genbei and Ogawa Matazaemon advanced on the left and right to fight, when large stones launched frequently from within the castle came flying and struck Naizen-no-sho's karako-gashira helmet, instantly shattering it. Undaunted, he tried to climb up when the castle defenders tore his half-moon wakizashi with bear claws, broke the Tōma spear he held in his hand, and a bullet hit him below the chest. As he tried to pull himself up and stand at the embankment, he lost his life. Both Akabane and Ogawa were wounded, and Kobayashi Kyūbei was also hit by gunfire and injured, but these three men ran over, carried Naizen-no-sho on their shoulders, and descended the stone wall. Meanwhile, Naizen-no-sho's retainers Itō Hannosuke, Takeda Shichirōzaemon, Asai Tahei, and Hirai Shingobei...