_Chap. iii._: Treats of the sufferings of a faithful bagpipe _Chap. iv._: How Simplicissimus' palace was stormed, plundered, and ruinated, and in what sorry fashion the soldiers kept house there _Chap. v._: How Simplicissimus took french leave and how he was terrified by dead trees _Chap. vi._: Is so short and so prayerful that Simplicissimus thereupon swoons away _Chap. vii._: How Simplicissimus was in a poor lodging kindly entreated _Chap. viii._: How Simplicissimus by his noble discourse proclaimed his excellent qualities _Chap. ix._: How Simplicissimus was changed from a wild beast into a Christian _Chap. x._: In what manner he learned to read and write in the wild woods _Chap. xi._: Discourseth of foods, household stuff, and other necessary concerns, which folk must have in this earthly life _Chap. xii._: Tells of a notable fine way, to die happy and to have oneself buried at a small cost _Chap. xiii._: How Simplicissimus was driven about like a straw in a whirlpool _Chap. xiv._: A quaint comedia of five peasants _Chap. xv._: How Simplicissimus was plundered, and how he dreamed of the peasants and how they fared in times of war _Chap. xvi._: Of the ways and works of soldiers nowadays, and how hardly a common soldier can get promotion _Chap. xvii._: How it happens that, whereas in war the nobles are ever put before the common men, yet many do attain from despised rank to high honours _Chap. xviii._: How Simplicissimus took his first step into the world and that with evil luck _Chap. xix._: How Simplicissimus was captured by Hanau and Hanau by Simplicissimus _Chap. xx._: In what wise he was saved from prison and torture _Chap. xxi._: How treacherous Dame Fortune cast on Simplicissimus a friendly glance _Chap. xxii._: Who the hermit was by whom Simplicissimus was cherished _Chap. xxiii._: How Simplicissimus became a page: and likewise, how the hermit's wife was lost _Chap. xxiv._: How Simplicissimus blamed the world and saw many idols therein _Chap. xxv._: How Simplicissimus found the world all strange and the world found him strange likewise _Chap. xxvi._: A new and strange way for men to wish one another luck and to welcome one another _Chap. xxvii._: How Simplicissimus discoursed with the secretary, and how he found a false friend _Chap. xxviii._: How Simplicissimus got two eyes out of one calf's-head _Chap. xxix._: How a man step by step may attain unto intoxication and finally unawares become blind drunk _Chap. xxx._: Still treats of naught but of drinking bouts, and how to be rid of parsons thereat _Chap. xxxi._: How the Lord Governor shot a very foul fox _Chap. xxxii._: How Simplicissimus spoiled the dance BOOK II. _Chap. i._: How a goose and a gander were mated _Chap. ii._: Concerning the merits and virtues of a good bath at the proper season _Chap. iii._: How the other page received payment for his teaching, and how Simplicissimus was chosen to be a fool