And Naomasa, who had now become Taishin (great feudal lord), blatantly said, "I managed to become Taishin because I served as well as a fine horse, even though you treated me like a fool, calling me brat or something, when the lord gave me that famous horse. It was you who were blind," when he met Shigetsugu.
そして、大身になった直政は重次と顔を合わせた時、「昔、殿が名馬を下さった時に子倅だの何だのと馬鹿になされましたが、このような大身になれたのは、名馬に違わぬ働きをしたからでございます。目が暗かったのは本多殿の方でありましたな」と言い放った。