Dedication
TO
DR. OTTO SCHLAPP
Book I
Chap. i.: Treats of Simplicissimus’ rustic descent and of his upbringing answering thereto
Chap. ii.: Of the first step towards that dignity to which Simplicissimus attained, to which is added the praise of shepherds and other excellent precepts
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