You know I do not have much talent, so I couldn't write it; of course, following our teacher's will, my son Nobutane made some effort, however he was a bad son and died, so now we are helplessly sitting and watching our teacher's uncompleted work.
拙老儀は兼ねて御見分け候はむ、不学不才、とても著述は出来申さず、その内先人遺言も之有り、延胤義は少々心がけ候へども、存外不孝致し、何共仕方之無く、当惑至極に罷り在り事にござ候。