翻刻
○一此者共下りは跡に而近辺に居申候一味之者共申候は何も一儀差留には下り
候得共若時節能候而事急に存念達候得は無本意事に候迚跡より下り
可申と申合上方辺に居合候一味之者共は不残罷下り候《割書：借宅｜右同断》右之通り
色めき候得共元より事を破らぬ合点に而下り候事故江戸之様子見
繕一端承合せ候而何も罷帰候其内江戸に直に居申候者も有之候其後も一両
人宛往来仕候事は毎度に候得共差而替事は無之候
○一前原伊助事巳の年内匠頭様仕合以後赤穂にも不参一分之存
念に而巳の三月中に少も有之金子に而絹木綿等之切れ〳〵を調或は
所持之衣類を切解て切売に成本庄相生町と云所に罷在敵方之
現代語訳
○一 この者どもが下ったのは、あとで近辺に住んでいる一味の者どもが申すには、皆一応差し止めるために下ったが、もし時節がよく事が急に本懐を遂げることになれば、本意でないことになるので、あとから下ろうと申し合わせ、上方辺りに住み合わせていた一味の者どもは残らず下った。《割書：借宅は右同断》このように色めき立ったが、元より事を破らない合点で下ったことなので、江戸の様子を見繕い、一通り承り合わせてから皆帰った。その間江戸に直接住んでいる者もあった。その後も一人二人ずつ往来することは度々あったが、特に変わったことはなかった。
○一 前原伊助のことについて。巳年に内匠頭様の一件の後、赤穂にも参らず、一分の存念で巳年三月中に、わずかにある金子で絹木綿等の切れ端を調達し、或いは所持の衣類を切り解いて切り売りにして、本庄相生町という所にいて、敵方の
英語訳
○ Regarding these men going down to Edo: Later, the confederates residing in the vicinity said that while everyone had gone down ostensibly to restrain action, if the timing proved favorable and the urgent fulfillment of their purpose became possible, it would be regrettable [to be absent], so they agreed that others would follow later. All the confederates who were staying in the Kamigata area went down without exception. {{Marginal note: Their lodgings were the same as mentioned above}} Though they were thus stirred to action, since they had gone down with the understanding not to ruin the cause, they observed the situation in Edo, gathered information comprehensively, and then all returned. During this time, some stayed directly in Edo. Afterward, one or two people continued to travel back and forth frequently, but there were no particular developments.
○ Regarding Maehara Isuke: After the incident involving Lord Takumi-no-kami in the year of the Snake, he did not visit Akō, and with his own personal conviction, in the third month of the year of the Snake, using what little money he had, he procured scraps of silk and cotton cloth, or cut up his own clothing to sell piecemeal, and stayed in a place called Honjō Aioi-chō, [working] for the enemy faction...