翻刻
ちどり足う詬くめさるその隙にさつと騒￣キは入渡て
よたのてんぜうむたゐのかういんなふ様げん望のちやく流
騒の四郎高叡打かわしの先陣也と呼はりしは遖迚て
から此方は大横みぢんにされては成まいとかさに
かつて恥むればてんでに黙していへなし
されば野沢に有し藤や庄兵衛すみや甚五郎
和泉や弥左衛門簗場七左衛門あらかじめ金銀
米銭は云に及はず衣類諸道具家財等
大切成物は方々へ預け戸障子唐紙金銀
を鏤（チリハメ）し造作わ家舗の内かくし置藁薪
等を積懸いかに無法のもの共たり共寺院へは
踏込まじと大切成財物は金臺寺薬師寺へ
持運び土蔵へ入て最早心易しこれからハ騒動
来たらはケ様〳〵と示し合せ大勢押寄たならば
屋根の石を礫（ツブテ）となし或は鉄炮にて討殺せ抔
と云て人々南牧砥にて先祖代々のさび鑓を
現代語訳
千鳥足で詬（ののし）られながらもその隙に、さっと騒ぎの群れは入り渡って——「世田の天乗・無体の光院・南無様・現望の嫡流、騒動の四郎高叡、打ち交わしの先陣なり」と呼ばわったのは、あっぱれなことだ。
そこでこちら側は、大横（おおよこ）から微塵にされてはなるまいと、勢いに乗じて恥をかかせようとしたが、それぞれに黙り込んでしまい、何も言えなかった。
さて、野沢にあった藤屋庄兵衛・炭屋甚五郎・和泉屋弥左衛門・簗場七左衛門らは、あらかじめ金銀・米・銭はいうまでもなく、衣類・諸道具・家財等の大切なものは方々へ預け、戸・障子・唐紙に金銀を散りばめた造作は、家舗（みせ）の内に隠し置き、藁や薪などを積み掛けておいた。いかに無法の者どもであっても、寺院には踏み込むまいと、大切な財物は金臺寺・薬師寺へ持ち運び、土蔵へ入れて、もはや心安し。これからは騒動が来たらばかくかくしかじかとあらかじめ示し合わせ、大勢が押し寄せたならば、屋根の石を礫（つぶて）とし、あるいは鉄砲にて打ち殺せなどと言って、人々は南牧砥（みなまきど）にて先祖代々の錆槍を……
英語訳
Staggering about drunkenly and being cursed at, in that very gap, the riotous crowd rushed across — "The vanguard of the lead charge: Seta no Tenjō, Mutai no Kōin, Namu-sama, the legitimate heir of Genbo, Sōdō no Shirō Takae!" — so they cried out, which was truly admirable.
Thus, on this side, thinking they must not be reduced to nothing by this great force bearing down upon them, they tried to shame the crowd by pressing their advantage — but each and every one fell silent and said nothing.
Now, in Nozawa, Fujiya Shōbei, Sumiya Jingōrō, Izumiya Yazaemon, and Yanaba Shichizaemon had made preparations in advance. Not only their gold, silver, rice, and money, but also their clothing, various tools, household goods, and other precious belongings were entrusted to various locations. The decorative fittings of doors, shoji screens, and fusuma sliding doors inlaid with gold and silver were hidden inside their shops, with straw and firewood piled over them. Thinking that even the most lawless men would not dare to intrude upon temples, they carried their most precious valuables to Kondaiji and Yakushiji temples, placed them in the storehouses, and were now at ease. From this point on, they made prior arrangements as to how to respond should the riot come: if a large crowd pressed in, they would use roof stones as projectiles, or shoot them down with firearms, and so people went to Minamakido to sharpen their ancestors' rust-covered spears...