翻刻
御代之願故前々之通相勤申候也
一 同寅七月十九日之晩内田手永請村之住
士郎牢人緒方厨八同手永江田村地侍松本
述（ノブ）平宅ニ参兼而遺恨之筋有之由松本を
呼出門ニ而農平ニ抜打切懸候処松本兼而
兵法之達者故ことなく太刀をもぎ取其場ニ
居合し安右衛門ニ太刀を渡又脇指ニ而切懸候へ共
是も打落シ候得は髟而厨八述平宅ニ入菜所
ゟ菜刀を隠シ取門ニ出候故松本父子門ニ出て
右父子は包丁隠持候事を不知油断仕居候
処右之庖丁を述平ひたひニ切懸三四寸計
切付又重テ切懸左の｜頬（ホウ）を打はつり肩先
切付血を打かふりなから庖丁をひきとり
候得は厨八逃行山ノ中ニて見失ひ行方相
知不申扨翌日諸方兄弟江田村ニ参り右
述平を尋候へ共終に是又行方相分り不申
其後七八日も方々尋候得共有所不知
御公辺ニ双方ゟ御達ニ相成候処小路廻り衆
方々尋柳川御領ニ而述平を見出八月十日
直々熊本獄舎ニ被召寵厨八も同被召寵
右の太刀を暫ク預り居候安右衛門是も被召寵
右述平柳川御領ニ参り候事は江田村御寺
御隠居肥猪村ゟ御頼之御紙面を以述平
現代語訳
御代への願いにより、以前のとおり勤め申し候。
一、同寅年七月十九日の晩、内田手永（てなが）請村に住む士郎牢人・緒方厨八が、同手永江田村の地侍・松本述平の宅に参り、かねてより遺恨のある筋があるとのことで、松本を呼び出し、門において農平（いきなり）に抜き打ちで切りかかったところ、松本はかねてより剣術の達者であったため、事もなく太刀をもぎ取り、その場に居合わせた安右衛門に太刀を渡した。また（緒方が）脇差にて切りかかってきたが、これも打ち落とされたので、逃げて厨八は述平の宅に入り、台所から菜刀（包丁）を隠し取って門に出たため、松本父子が門に出たが、右の父子は包丁を隠し持っていることを知らず油断しておったところ、その包丁を述平のひたいに切りかけ、三、四寸ほど切りつけ、また重ねて切りかかり、左の頬を打ちはずし、肩先を切りつけ、血を浴びながら包丁を引き取った。厨八は逃げ去り、山の中にて見失い、行方が分からなくなった。さて翌日、諸方の兄弟が江田村に参り、述平を尋ねたが、ついにこれも行方が分からなかった。その後七、八日も方々を尋ねたが、行方は知れなかった。御公辺（お上）に双方から届け出がなされたところ、小路廻り衆（見回り役人）が方々を尋ね、柳川御領において述平を見つけ出し、八月十日に直々に熊本獄舎に召し籠められた。厨八も同様に召し籠められた。右の太刀をしばらく預かっておった安右衛門も召し籠められた。述平が柳川御領に参ったことは、江田村の御寺の御隠居が肥猪村より御頼みの御書状をもって述平に（便宜を図った）……
英語訳
This was carried out as before, in accordance with the petition to the [lord's] reign.
One entry: On the evening of the 19th day of the 7th month of the same year of the Tiger, Ogata Chūhachi, a masterless samurai (rōnin) residing in the Uchida-tenga village of Ukemura, went to the residence of Matsumoto Nobuhei, a country samurai (ji-zamurai) of Eda village in the same tenga district. Having a long-standing grudge, he called Matsumoto out and suddenly attacked him with a drawn sword at the gate. However, as Matsumoto was already a skilled practitioner of swordsmanship (kenpō), he easily wrested the sword away and handed it to Yasaemon, who happened to be present. When Chūhachi attacked again with his short sword (wakizashi), this too was knocked away. Chūhachi then fled into Nobuhei's house, stole a kitchen knife (菜刀/包丁) from the kitchen, and returned to the gate. Matsumoto and his son came to the gate, but the father and son were unaware that he was hiding the kitchen knife and were off their guard. Chūhachi slashed Nobuhei across the forehead with the knife, cutting him approximately three to four sun [approximately 9–12 cm] deep. He struck again, grazing the left cheek, and cut into the shoulder, drawing much blood, before taking back the knife. Chūhachi then fled and was lost in the mountains, his whereabouts becoming unknown. The following day, relatives came from various places to Eda village to search for Nobuhei, but ultimately his whereabouts could not be determined either. For the next seven or eight days, they searched everywhere, but his location remained unknown. Both parties reported the matter to the authorities (go-kōhen), and the patrol officers (kōji-mawari-shū) searched everywhere, eventually finding Nobuhei in the Yanagawa domain. On the 10th day of the 8th month, he was taken directly to the Kumamoto prison. Chūhachi was also imprisoned in the same way. Yasaemon, who had been temporarily holding the sword, was also taken into custody. The reason Nobuhei had gone to the Yanagawa domain was that a retired monk from a temple in Eda village, through a letter of request from Hii-no-i village, [had helped Nobuhei]…