It would be regrettable if you were defeated and killed by a nameless man and it became told that Kiso, who was renowned throughout Japan as a fierce god, was killed a mere retainer.'
「云ふ甲斐なき人の郎等に組み落とされて、討たれさせ給ひ候ひなば、さしも日本国に鬼神と聞こえさせ給ひつる木曾殿をば、某が郎等の手に懸けて、討ち奉ったりなんぞ申されん事、口惜しかるべし。」