翻刻
小山江当朔留り結城へ参り候所結城江は浪
人弐百人余参り金子弐千両ニ兵粮を貸候様
領主江申懸候由ニ而市中町役をいたし候様
之内五ケ所江麦わらを積ゑんしやうをしき
若金子出来不申候はヽ市中を焼払可申との
懸合ニ而市中は商ひ所ニは無之家々戸を〆
蔵ニは目ぬりいたし居候ニ付又々蓼沼小山
江引返し候四五日小山ニ逗留いたし居候よ
し右人数は小具足を着し陣羽織ニ而馬上之
もの弐三十人鑓も弐三十筋有之候よし追々
承り候ヘは結城ニ而は金子五百両市中ゟ指
出右ニ而相済候よしニ候へ共結城家来両三
人も先方江人しちニ被取候よし夫より小山
江引返し三ぶへ参り候所みぶニ而は橋を立
おとし大砲小砲等ニ而打懸小山迄も音聞候
よし半日ほと鉄炮おといたし候由夫ゆへみ
ぶへは参り不申上州へ参り候よし二・（本）立之よ
し小山ニは幕を打大将分と相見逗留いたし
居候よし外ニ壹手は三百人ほと下たて江参
り此節懸合最中之よし大手前等へ大砲等並
現代語訳
小山へ当月初めに留まり結城へ参った所、結城へは浪人二百人余りが参り、金子二千両に兵糧を貸すよう領主へ申し懸けたとのことで、市中で町役を務めるような者のうち五ヶ所へ麦わらを積み円匠をしき、もし金子が出来ないならば市中を焼き払うと申すとの掛け合いで、市中は商いをする所ではなく、家々は戸を閉め、蔵には目塗りをして居るため、また蓼沼は小山へ引き返した。四、五日小山に逗留していたとのこと。右の人数は小具足を着し陣羽織にて馬上の者二、三十人、槍も二、三十筋あったとのこと。追々承ったところでは、結城では金子五百両を市中より指し出し、それで相済んだとのことであるが、結城の家来両三人も先方へ人質に取られたとのこと。それより小山へ引き返し、壬生へ参った所、壬生では橋を落とし、大砲小砲等にて撃ち懸け、小山まで音が聞こえたとのこと。半日ほど鉄砲の音をしたとのこと。それゆえ壬生へは参らず上州へ参ったとのこと。二本立てとのこと。小山には幕を張り大将分と相見え逗留していたとのこと。外に一手は三百人ほど下館へ参り、この節掛け合い最中とのこと。大手前等へ大砲等を並べ
英語訳
[Tadenuma] stayed in Oyama at the beginning of this month and went to Yūki, where more than 200 rōnin had arrived and petitioned the domain lord to lend them 2,000 ryō in gold and provisions. Among those serving as town officials in the city, they piled wheat straw at five locations and laid out mats, threatening that if the money could not be provided, they would burn down the city. The city was no place for commerce - houses had their doors shut and warehouses had their openings sealed with clay. So Tadenuma returned to Oyama again and stayed there for four or five days. The aforementioned forces wore light armor and jinbaori (battle surcoats), with twenty to thirty mounted men and twenty to thirty spears. From what I gradually heard, in Yūki they produced 500 ryō in gold from the city, and that settled the matter, though two or three Yūki retainers were also taken as hostages by the opposing side. From there they returned to Oyama and went to Mibu, where the bridge was destroyed and they attacked with large and small cannons, the sound of which could be heard all the way to Oyama. The sound of gunfire lasted for about half a day. Therefore they did not go to Mibu but went to Jōshū instead. It was a two-pronged operation. In Oyama they pitched curtains and what appeared to be generals took up residence. Separately, one force of about 300 men went to Shimodate, and negotiations are currently underway there. Large cannons and such were lined up at the main gates and other locations