Noritsune, grasping both short and long swords, tried to get Yoshitsune to fight him in a duel, but Yoshitsune lightly sprang away, jumping away from ship to ship until he was eight ships distant.
教経は小長刀を持って組みかからんと挑むが、義経はゆらりと飛び上がると船から船へと飛び移り八艘彼方へ飛び去ってしまった。