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Chap. xiii.: Of various matters which whoever will know must either read them or have them read to him

Chap. xiv.: How Simplicissimus led the life of a nobleman, and how the Croats robbed him of this when they stole himself

Chap. xv.: Of Simplicissimus' life with the troopers, and what he saw and learned among the Croats

Chap. xvi.: How Simplicissimus found goodly spoils, and how he became a thievish brother of the woods

Chap. xvii.: How Simplicissimus was present at a dance of witches

Chap. xviii.: Doth prove that no man can lay to Simplicissimus' charge that he doth draw the long bow

Chap. xix.: How Simplicissimus became a fool again as he had been a fool before

Chap. xx.: Is pretty long, and treats of playing with dice and what hangs thereby

Chap. xxi.: Is somewhat shorter and more entertaining than the last

Chap. xxii.: A rascally trick to step into another man's shoes

Chap. xxiii.: How Ulrich Herzbruder sold himself for a hundred ducats

Chap. xxiv.: How two prophecies were fulfilled at once

Chap. xxv.: How Simplicissimus was transformed from a boy into a girl and fell into divers adventures of love

Chap. xxvi.: How he was imprisoned for a traitor and enchanter

Chap. xxvii: How the Provost fared in the battle of Wittstock

Chap. xxviii.: Of a great battle wherein the conqueror is captured in the hour of triumph

Chap. xxix.: How a notably pious soldier fared in Paradise, and how the huntsman filled his place

Chap. xxx.: How the huntsman carried himself when he began to learn the trade of war: wherefrom a young soldier may learn somewhat

Chap. xxxi.: How the devil stole the parson's bacon and how the huntsman caught himself

BOOK III.

Chap. i.: How the huntsman went too far to the left hand

Chap. ii.: How the huntsman of Soest did rid himself of the huntsman of Wesel

Chap. iii.: How the Great God Jupiter was captured and how he revealed the counsels of the gods

Chap. iv.: Of the German hero that shall conquer the whole world and bring peace to all nations

Chap. v.: How he shall reconcile all religions and cast them in the same mould

Chap. vi.: How the embassy of the fleas fared with Jupiter

Chap. vii.: How the huntsman again secured honour and booty

Chap. viii.: How he found the devil in the trough, and how Jump-i'-th'-field got fine horses

Chap. ix.: Of an unequal combat in which the weakest wins the day and the conqueror is captured

Chap. x.: How the Master-General of Ordnance granted the huntsman his life and held out hopes of great things

Chap. xi.: Contains all manner of matters of little import and great imagination

Chap. xii.: How fortune unexpected bestowed on the huntsman a noble present

Chap. xiii.: Of Simplicissimus' strange fancies and castles in the air, and how he guarded his treasure

Chap. xiv.: How the huntsman was captured by the enemy

Chap. xv.: On what condition the huntsman was set free

Chap. xvi.: How Simplicissimus became a nobleman

Chap. xvii.: How the huntsman disposed himself to pass his six months: and also somewhat of the prophetess

Chap. xviii.: How the huntsman went a wooing, and made a trade of it

Chap. xix.: By what means the huntsman made friends, and how he was moved by a sermon

Chap. xx.: How he gave the faithful priest other fish to fry, to cause him to forget his own hoggish life

Chap. xxi.: How Simplicissimus all unawares was made a married man

Chap. xxii.: How Simplicissimus held his wedding feast and how he purposed to begin his new life

Chap. xxiii.: How Simplicissimus came to a certain town (which he nameth for convenience Cologne) to fetch his treasure

Chap. xxiv.: How the huntsman caught a hare in the middle of a town

BOOK IV.

Chap. i.: How and for what reason the huntsman was jockeyed away into France

Chap. ii.: How Simplicissimus found a better host than before

Chap. iii.: How he became a stage player and got himself a new name

Chap. iv.: How Simplicissimus departed secretly and how he believed he had the Neapolitan disease

Chap. v.: How Simplicissimus pondered on his past life, and how with the water up to his mouth he learned to swim

Chap. vi.: How he became a vagabond quack and a cheat

Chap. vii.: How the doctor was fitted with a musquet under Captain Curmudgeon

Chap. viii.: How Simplicissimus endured a cheerless bath in the Rhine

Chap. ix.: Wherefore clergymen should never eat hares that have been taken in a snare

Chap. x.: How Simplicissimus was all unexpectedly quit of his musquet

Chap. xi.: Discourses of the Order of the Marauder Brothers

Chap. xii.: Of a desperate fight for life in which each party doth yet escape death

Chap. xiii.: How Oliver conceived that he could excuse his brigand's tricks

Chap. xiv.: How Oliver explained Herzbruder's prophecy to his own profit, and so came to love his worst enemy

Chap. xv.: How Simplicissimus thought more piously when he went a-plundering than did Oliver when he went to church

Chap. xvi.: Of Oliver's descent, and how he behaved in his youth, and specially at school

Chap. xvii.: How he studied at Liège, and how he there demeaned himself

Chap. xviii.: Of the homecoming and departure of this worshipful student, and how he sought to obtain advancement in the wars

Chap. xix.: How Simplicissimus fulfilled Herzbruder's prophecy to Oliver before yet either knew the other

Chap. xx.: How it doth fare with a man on whom evil fortune doth rain cats and dogs

Chap. xxi.: A brief example of that trade which Oliver followed, wherein he was a master and Simplicissimus should be a prentice

Chap. xxii.: How Oliver bit the dust and took six good men with him

Chap. xxiii.: How Simplicissimus became a rich man and Herzbruder fell into great misery

Chap. xxiv.: Of the manner in which Herzbruder fell into such evil plight

BOOK V.

Chap. i.: How Simplicissimus turned palmer and went on a pilgrimage with Herzbruder

Chap. ii.: How Simplicissimus, being terrified of the devil, was converted

Chap. iii.: How the