The Adventurous Simplicissimus: being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von FuchshaimGrimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph von
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The Adventurous Simplicissimus: being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph von
German fiction -- Translations into English; Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Fiction
_Chap. iv._: Concerning the man that pays the money, and of the
military service that Simplicissimus did for the Crown of Sweden:
through which service he got the name of Simplicissimus
_Chap. v._: How Simplicissimus was by four devils brought into hell and
there treated with Spanish wine
_Chap. vi._: How Simplicissimus went up to heaven and was turned into a
calf
_Chap. vii._: How Simplicissimus accommodated himself to the state of a
brute beast
_Chap. viii._: Discourseth of the wondrous memory of some and the
forgetfulness of others
_Chap. ix._: Crooked praise of a proper lady
_Chap. x._: Discourseth of naught but heroes and famous artists
_Chap. xi._: Of the toilsome and dangerous office of a Governor
_Chap. xii._: Of the sense and knowledge of certain unreasoning animals
_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
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