翻刻
【右丁】
其町つゝ相隔左右に三所置手廻五十
にて初めの伏勢の先に丸く成つて侍へ
けれは信長公は佐柿へ退き粟屋越中守
を相頼み一宿めされけるに金ケ崎の者
とも信長公の殿ひは何者にてあるそさて〳〵
当城の者とも見あなとつたるありさま也
あれ追散らし手とりにせよと中務大夫下
知すれは三百計黒煙立て切て出る秀
吉兼而合言葉し申し討死爰なりと云は
左脇の【脇書】「弓」鉄炮打出せと申置二度の声には
【左丁】
右脇の弓鉄炮をも打出せと相図しめ置
たまへは秀吉三百計の敵を五十計にて
さゝへるふりして五反計引取に金崎
勢【脇書】「敵は」小勢なるとあなとり追【脇書】「ヒ」来所に討死爰
なりと二声あくれは両脇より一度に□【口偏に童】と
声して弓鉄炮打掛れ【脇書】「は」金崎【脇書】「勢」足をそゝ
ろにみたす秀吉手廻百五十の勢なれは
煙を立て三町計追込みける又金崎より
六七百計の勢て切て出る秀吉右の相
図のことく段々に伏勢出れは何程勢
現代語訳
【右丁】
その町ずつ（の間隔を）相隔て、左右に三か所置き、手廻り五十（人）にて、初めの伏勢の先に丸く（輪を）なって侍りければ、信長公は佐柿へ退き、粟屋越中守を頼みて一宿めされけるに、金ヶ崎の者どもが「信長公の殿（しんがり）は何者であるぞ。さてさて、当城の者どもを見くびったありさまよ。あれを追い散らして手取りにせよ」と、中務大夫が下知すれば、三百ほどが黒煙を立てて切って出る。秀吉はかねて合言葉を申し合わせ、「討死、ここなり」と言うは、左脇の弓・鉄砲（を）打ち出せと申し置いた（合図であり）、二度目の声では、
【左丁】
右脇の弓・鉄砲をも打ち出せと（あらかじめ）相図（合図）を決め置かれたので、秀吉は三百ほどの敵を五十ほどにて支えるふりをして、五反（約550メートル）ほど引き取ると、金ヶ崎勢は「敵は小勢なり」と侮り追い来たるところに、「討死、ここなり」と二声あげれば、両脇より一度に（ときの声を）どっと上げ、弓・鉄砲（を）打ちかければ、金ヶ崎勢は足をそぞろに乱す。秀吉の手廻り百五十の勢であったので、煙を立てて三町（約330メートル）ほど追い込めた。また、金ヶ崎よりさらに六七百ほどの勢で切って出てくると、秀吉は右の合図のごとく段々に伏勢（を）出せば、（敵が）どれほど（多くの）勢であっても……
英語訳
【Right folio】
Placing (the ambush troops) at three positions on the left and right, each separated by one "chō" of distance, with fifty personal guards forming a circle in front of the initial ambush forces—Nobunaga retreated to Sagaki and lodged for the night under the care of Awaya Etchū no Kami. Meanwhile, the men of Kanegasaki said: "Who is this person acting as Nobunaga's rearguard? My, what a contemptible sight these castle defenders make of themselves. Drive them off and capture them!" Upon the order of the Nakatsukasa-tayū, about three hundred men charged out in a great black surge. Hideyoshi had already arranged a password in advance: the call of "Die here! This is the place!" served as the signal for the left-flank archers and gunners to open fire; and at the second call,
【Left folio】
the right-flank archers and gunners were also to open fire—such were the signals he had arranged in advance. Hideyoshi feigned holding back the enemy force of some three hundred with only about fifty men, and drew them back about five tan (roughly 550 meters). The Kanegasaki forces, thinking "the enemy is few," gave chase, whereupon Hideyoshi cried "Die here! This is the place!" twice, and from both flanks the troops raised a great battle cry all at once and unleashed volleys of arrows and gunfire. The Kanegasaki forces fell into disarray. With his personal guard of one hundred and fifty men, Hideyoshi drove the enemy back about three chō (roughly 330 meters) under cover of smoke. When yet another force of six or seven hundred men charged out from Kanegasaki, Hideyoshi deployed his ambush troops in stages according to the same signals as before, and no matter how large the enemy force…