翻刻
右之趣元禄九年子八月花房勘右衛門殿
飯田四郎左衛門殿江御達書差出候
正月
一正月十九日旧冬御書付を以一決不致儀者徳川刑部卿《割書：宗
尹》様江
伺可申旨被 仰出候ニ付御国許ゟ御家老本多矢柄《割書：正
■》昨十八日
常盤橋御屋敷江着今日御家老岡部造酒助《割書：主
貞》同道御老中
堀田相模守《割書：正
亮》殿江右為御礼罷出
旧冬此表ニ罷在候家老共被召呼御書付を以被仰渡候趣
於義丸国元家老共江申《見せ消ち：度｜渡》委細承知仕奉畏
難有仕合奉存候依之国元家老共右御礼申上度
為惣代此度出府仕候ニ付参上仕候
正月 松平於義丸家老
本多矢柄
一同月廿三日御老中堀田相模守《割書：正
亮》殿ゟ申来御家老岡部造酒助《割書：主
貞》
御中老明石主膳《割書：紀
房》御用人大道寺孫九郎《割書：繁
卿》三人銀馬代一枚宛
持参相模守殿江罷出候処御逢有之《割書：相模守殿江御逢之儀
去ル十九日御願有之》
一同月廿四日大目付中ゟ国々私領之百姓年貢取筋或者夫食
種貸等之願筋ニ付領主城下陣屋等江大勢相集り訴訟致候儀
現代語訳
右の趣、元禄九年子（ね）八月、花房勘右衛門殿・飯田四郎左衛門殿へ御達書を差し出し候。
正月
一、正月十九日、旧冬（昨年冬）の御書付をもって一決いたさなかった儀は、徳川刑部卿（宗尹）様へ伺い申すべき旨、仰せ出られ候につき、御国許より御家老・本多矢柄（正■）が昨十八日、常盤橋御屋敷へ着き、今日、御家老・岡部造酒助（主貞）と同道にて、御老中・堀田相模守（正亮）殿へ右の御礼として罷り出た。
旧冬、この表（江戸）に罷り在り候家老共が召し呼ばれ、御書付をもって仰せ渡され候趣を、於義丸の国元家老共へ申し渡し、委細承知仕り、畏れ奉り候。
難有い仕合わせに存じ奉り候。これにより、国元家老共が右の御礼を申し上げたく、惣代として此度出府仕り候につき、参上仕り候。
正月 松平於義丸家老
本多矢柄
一、同月二十三日、御老中・堀田相模守（正亮）殿より申し来たり、御家老・岡部造酒助（主貞）、御中老・明石主膳（紀房）、御用人・大道寺孫九郎（繁卿）の三人が、銀馬代一枚ずつを持参して相模守殿へ罷り出候処、御逢いがあった。（相模守殿への御逢いの儀は、去る十九日に御願いがあった。）
一、同月二十四日、大目付中より、国々私領の百姓が年貢の取り立て、あるいは夫食（ぶじき）・種貸（たねがし）等の願い筋につき、領主の城下・陣屋等へ大勢が相集まり訴訟いたし候儀について……（以下続く）
英語訳
The above matter was submitted as an official notification (Otatasho) to Hanabusa Kan'uemon and Iida Shirōzaemon in the eighth month of Genroku 9 (1696), the year of the Rat.
First Month
Item: On the nineteenth day of the first month, regarding matters that had not been resolved by the written directive (Okakitsuke) issued last winter, it was declared that an inquiry should be made to Tokugawa Gyōbu-kyō (Muneyori). In response to this, the chief retainer (Karō) Honda Yahara (Masa■), who had traveled from the home domain, arrived at the Tokiwabashi residence on the eighteenth (the previous day), and today appeared together with chief retainer Okabe Mikinosuke (Nushisada) before the Senior Councilor (Rōjū) Hotta Sagami-no-kami (Masaaki) to offer the said expressions of gratitude.
The retainers who were present here in Edo last winter were summoned and informed of the contents of the written directive. These contents have been conveyed in detail to the home-domain retainers of Ogimaru, who have duly acknowledged and respectfully accepted them.
We are most grateful for this gracious circumstance. Accordingly, since the home-domain retainers wished to convey their gratitude for the above, and as Honda Yahara traveled to Edo as their representative, he has come to pay his respects.
First Month Chief Retainer to Matsudaira Ogimaru
Honda Yahara
Item: On the twenty-third day of the same month, upon notification from Senior Councilor Hotta Sagami-no-kami (Masaaki), chief retainer Okabe Mikinosuke (Nushisada), middle retainer (Chūrō) Akashi Shūzen (Kifusa), and the household administrator (Yōnin) Daidōji Magokurō (Shigeyuki) — three persons in total — each carrying one silver horse-fare token (Ginbashiro), appeared before Sagami-no-kami, and were granted an audience. (The request for an audience with Sagami-no-kami had been made on the nineteenth of last month.)
Item: On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, a notice was issued by the Ōmetsuke (Grand Inspector) regarding the matter of peasants from private domains throughout the country who had gathered in large numbers at the castle towns or jinya (regional administrative offices) of their lords to file petitions (訴訟, soshō) concerning the collection of annual tax (nengu), or requests related to food provisions (fujiki) and seed loans (tanegashi)... (text continues)