# The Adventurous Simplicissimus — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the work to Dr. Otto Schlapp, acknowledging his efforts to promote German classics in Britain, and in memory of their mutual friend Robert Fitzroy Bell.
- [Frontispiece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/frontispiece.md): The frontispiece poem introduces the narrator's transformative journey through fire, air, water, and land, symbolizing rebirth and worldly experience. The narrator reflects on the troubles and rare joys encountered, offe
- [The Adventurous Simplicissimus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/the-adventurous-simplicissimus.md): This opening chapter introduces the protagonist, Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim, also known as Simplicissimus, and sets the stage for his life story as a strange vagabond.
- [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/book-i.md): Simplicissimus recounts his early life, his innocent upbringing in a rural village, the violent destruction of his home by soldiers, and his subsequent escape into the forest where he is taken in by a hermit who teaches 
- [Treats of Simplicissimus’s Rustic Descent and of His Upbringing Answering Thereto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/i-treats-of-simplicissimus-s-rustic-descent-and-of-his-upbringing-answering-thereto.md): Simplicissimus introduces himself with a satirical critique of the new nobility who claim ancient lineage despite humble origins. He then describes his own rustic birth in the Spessart, comparing his father's peasant hou

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- [II: Of the First Step Towards That Dignity to Which Simplicissimus Attained, to Which Is Added the Praise of Shepherds and Other Excellent Precepts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ii-of-the-first-step-towards-that-dignity-to-which-simplicissimus-attained-to-which-is-added-the-praise-of-shepherds-and-other-excellent-precepts.md)
- [III: Treats of the Sufferings of a Faithful Bagpipe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iii-treats-of-the-sufferings-of-a-faithful-bagpipe.md)
- [How Simplicissimus’s Palace Was Stormed, Plundered, and Ruinated, and in What Sorry Fashion the Soldiers Kept House There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iv-how-simplicissimus-s-palace-was-stormed-plundered-and-ruinated-and-in-what-sorry-fashion-the-soldiers-kept-house-there.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Took French Leave, and How He Was Terrified by Dead Trees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/v-how-simplicissimus-took-french-leave-and-how-he-was-terrified-by-dead-trees.md)
- [VI: Is So Short and So Prayerful That Simplicissimus Thereupon Swoons Away](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vi-is-so-short-and-so-prayerful-that-simplicissimus-thereupon-swoons-away.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Was in a Poor Lodging Kindly Entreated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vii-how-simplicissimus-was-in-a-poor-lodging-kindly-entreated.md)
- [How Simplicissimus by His Noble Discourse Proclaimed His Excellent Qualities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-simplicissimus-by-his-noble-discourse-proclaimed-his-excellent-qualities.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Was Changed from a Wild Beast Into a Christian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ix-how-simplicissimus-was-changed-from-a-wild-beast-into-a-christian.md)
- [X: In What Manner He Learned to Read and Write in the Wild Woods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-in-what-manner-he-learned-to-read-and-write-in-the-wild-woods.md)
- [XI: Discourseth of Foods, Household Stuff, and Other Necessary Concerns, Which Folk Must Have in This Earthly Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-discourseth-of-foods-household-stuff-and-other-necessary-concerns-which-folk-must-have-in-this-earthly-life.md)
- [XII: Tells of a Notable Fine Way, to Die Happy and to Have Oneself Buried at Small Cost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-tells-of-a-notable-fine-way-to-die-happy-and-to-have-oneself-buried-at-small-cost.md)
- [XIII: How Simplicissimus Was Driven About Like a Straw in a Whirlpool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-how-simplicissimus-was-driven-about-like-a-straw-in-a-whirlpool.md)
- [XIV: A Quaint Comedia of Five Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiv-a-quaint-comedia-of-five-peasants.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Was Plundered, and How He Dreamed of the Peasants and How They Fared in Times of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xv-how-simplicissimus-was-plundered-and-how-he-dreamed-of-the-peasants-and-how-they-fared-in-times-of-war.md)
- [Of the Ways and Works of Soldiers Nowadays, and How Hardly a Common Soldier Can Get Promotion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvi-of-the-ways-and-works-of-soldiers-nowadays-and-how-hardly-a-common-soldier-can-get-promotion.md)
- [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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/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.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Took His First Step Into the World and That with Evil Luck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-how-simplicissimus-took-his-first-step-into-the-world-and-that-with-evil-luck.md)
- [XIX: How Simplicissimus Was Captured by Hanau and Hanau by Simplicissimus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xix-how-simplicissimus-was-captured-by-hanau-and-hanau-by-simplicissimus.md)
- [XX: In What Wise He Was Saved from Prison and Torture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-in-what-wise-he-was-saved-from-prison-and-torture.md)
- [How Treacherous Dame Fortune Cast on Simplicissimus a Friendly Glance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-how-treacherous-dame-fortune-cast-on-simplicissimus-a-friendly-glance.md)
- [XXII: Who the Hermit Was by Whom Simplicissimus Was Cherished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-who-the-hermit-was-by-whom-simplicissimus-was-cherished.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Became a Page: And Likewise, How the Hermit’s Wife Was Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-how-simplicissimus-became-a-page-and-likewise-how-the-hermit-s-wife-was-lost.md)
- [XXIV: How Simplicissimus Blamed the World and Saw Many Idols Therein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiv-how-simplicissimus-blamed-the-world-and-saw-many-idols-therein.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Found the World All Strange and the World Found Him Strange Likewise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxv-how-simplicissimus-found-the-world-all-strange-and-the-world-found-him-strange-likewise.md)
- [XXVI: A New and Strange Way for Men to Wish One Another Luck and to Welcome One Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxvi-a-new-and-strange-way-for-men-to-wish-one-another-luck-and-to-welcome-one-another.md)
- [XXVII: How Simplicissimus Discoursed with the Secretary, and How He Found a False Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxvii-how-simplicissimus-discoursed-with-the-secretary-and-how-he-found-a-false-friend.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Got Two Eyes Out of One Calf’s-Head](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxviii-how-simplicissimus-got-two-eyes-out-of-one-calf-s-head.md)
- [XXIX: How a Man Step by Step May Attain Unto Intoxication and Finally Unawares Become Blind Drunk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxix-how-a-man-step-by-step-may-attain-unto-intoxication-and-finally-unawares-become-blind-drunk.md)
- [XXX: Still Treats of Naught but of Drinking Bouts, and How to Be Rid of Parsons Thereat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxx-still-treats-of-naught-but-of-drinking-bouts-and-how-to-be-rid-of-parsons-thereat.md)
- [How the Lord Governor Shot a Very Foul Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxxi-how-the-lord-governor-shot-a-very-foul-fox.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Spoiled the Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxxii-how-simplicissimus-spoiled-the-dance.md)
- [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/book-ii.md)
- [How a Goose and a Gander Were Mated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/i-how-a-goose-and-a-gander-were-mated.md)
- [Concerning the Merits and Virtues of a Good Bath at the Proper Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ii-concerning-the-merits-and-virtues-of-a-good-bath-at-the-proper-season.md)
- [III: How the Other Page Received Payment for His Teaching, and How Simplicissimus Was Chosen to Be a Fool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iii-how-the-other-page-received-payment-for-his-teaching-and-how-simplicissimus-was-chosen-to-be-a-fool.md)
- [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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/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.md)
- [V: How Simplicissimus Was by Four Devils Brought Into Hell and There Treated with Spanish Wine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/v-how-simplicissimus-was-by-four-devils-brought-into-hell-and-there-treated-with-spanish-wine.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Went Up to Heaven and Was Turned Into a Calf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vi-how-simplicissimus-went-up-to-heaven-and-was-turned-into-a-calf.md)
- [VII: How Simplicissimus Accommodated Himself to the State of a Brute Beast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vii-how-simplicissimus-accommodated-himself-to-the-state-of-a-brute-beast.md)
- [VIII: Discourseth of the Wondrous Memory of Some and the Forgetfulness of Others](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-discourseth-of-the-wondrous-memory-of-some-and-the-forgetfulness-of-others.md)
- [IX: Crooked Praise of a Proper Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ix-crooked-praise-of-a-proper-lady.md)
- [X: Discourseth of Naught but Heroes and Famous Artists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-discourseth-of-naught-but-heroes-and-famous-artists.md)
- [XI: Of the Toilsome and Dangerous Office of a Governor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-of-the-toilsome-and-dangerous-office-of-a-governor.md)
- [Of the Sense and Knowledge of Certain Unreasoning Animals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-of-the-sense-and-knowledge-of-certain-unreasoning-animals.md)
- [XIII: Of Various Matters Which Whoever Will Know Must Either Read Them or Have Them Read to Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-of-various-matters-which-whoever-will-know-must-either-read-them-or-have-them-read-to-him.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Led the Life of a Nobleman, and How the Croats Robbed Him of This When They Stole Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiv-how-simplicissimus-led-the-life-of-a-nobleman-and-how-the-croats-robbed-him-of-this-when-they-stole-himself.md)
- [Of Simplicissimus’ Life with the Troopers, and What He Saw and Learned Among the Croats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xv-of-simplicissimus-life-with-the-troopers-and-what-he-saw-and-learned-among-the-croats.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Found Goodly Spoils, and How He Became a Thievish Brother of the Woods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvi-how-simplicissimus-found-goodly-spoils-and-how-he-became-a-thievish-brother-of-the-woods.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Was Present at a Dance of Witches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvii-how-simplicissimus-was-present-at-a-dance-of-witches.md)
- [XVIII: Doth Prove That No Man Can Lay to Simplicissimus’ Charge That He Doth Draw the Long Bow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-doth-prove-that-no-man-can-lay-to-simplicissimus-charge-that-he-doth-draw-the-long-bow.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Became a Fool Again as He Had Been a Fool Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xix-how-simplicissimus-became-a-fool-again-as-he-had-been-a-fool-before.md)
- [XX: Is Pretty Long, and Treats of Playing with Dice and What Hangs Thereby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-is-pretty-long-and-treats-of-playing-with-dice-and-what-hangs-thereby.md)
- [XXI: Is Somewhat Shorter and More Entertaining Than the Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-is-somewhat-shorter-and-more-entertaining-than-the-last.md)
- [XXII: A Rascally Trick to Step Into Another Man’s Shoes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-a-rascally-trick-to-step-into-another-man-s-shoes.md)
- [XXIII: How Ulrich Herzbruder Sold Himself for a Hundred Ducats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-how-ulrich-herzbruder-sold-himself-for-a-hundred-ducats.md)
- [How Two Prophecies Were Fulfilled at Once](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiv-how-two-prophecies-were-fulfilled-at-once.md)
- [XXV: How Simplicissimus Was Transformed from a Boy Into a Girl and Fell Into Divers Adventures of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxv-how-simplicissimus-was-transformed-from-a-boy-into-a-girl-and-fell-into-divers-adventures-of-love.md)
- [XXVI: How He Was Imprisoned for a Traitor and Enchanter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxvi-how-he-was-imprisoned-for-a-traitor-and-enchanter.md)
- [XXVII: How the Provost Fared in the Battle of Wittstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxvii-how-the-provost-fared-in-the-battle-of-wittstock.md)
- [XXVIII: Of a Great Battle Wherein the Conqueror Is Captured in the Hour of Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxviii-of-a-great-battle-wherein-the-conqueror-is-captured-in-the-hour-of-triumph.md)
- [XXIX: How a Notably Pious Soldier Fared in Paradise, and How the Huntsman Filled His Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxix-how-a-notably-pious-soldier-fared-in-paradise-and-how-the-huntsman-filled-his-place.md)
- [How the Huntsman Carried Himself When He Began to Learn the Trade of War: Wherefrom a Young Soldier May Learn Somewhat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxx-how-the-huntsman-carried-himself-when-he-began-to-learn-the-trade-of-war-wherefrom-a-young-soldier-may-learn-somewhat.md)
- [XXXI: How the Devil Stole the Parson’s Bacon and How the Huntsman Caught Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxxi-how-the-devil-stole-the-parson-s-bacon-and-how-the-huntsman-caught-himself.md)
- [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/book-iii.md)
- [How the Huntsman Went Too Far to the Left Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/i-how-the-huntsman-went-too-far-to-the-left-hand.md)
- [II: How the Huntsman of Soest Did Rid Himself of the Huntsman of Wesel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ii-how-the-huntsman-of-soest-did-rid-himself-of-the-huntsman-of-wesel.md)
- [How the Great God Jupiter Was Captured and How He Revealed the Counsels of the Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iii-how-the-great-god-jupiter-was-captured-and-how-he-revealed-the-counsels-of-the-gods.md)
- [IV: Of the German Hero That Shall Conquer the Whole World and Bring Peace to All Nations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iv-of-the-german-hero-that-shall-conquer-the-whole-world-and-bring-peace-to-all-nations.md)
- [V: How He Shall Reconcile All Religions and Cast Them in the Same Mould](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/v-how-he-shall-reconcile-all-religions-and-cast-them-in-the-same-mould.md)
- [How the Embassy of the Fleas Fared with Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vi-how-the-embassy-of-the-fleas-fared-with-jupiter.md)
- [How the Huntsman Again Secured Honour and Booty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vii-how-the-huntsman-again-secured-honour-and-booty.md)
- [How He Found the Devil in the Trough, and How Jump-I’-Th’-Field Got Fine Horses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-he-found-the-devil-in-the-trough-and-how-jump-i-th-field-got-fine-horses.md)
- [IX: Of an Unequal Combat in Which the Weakest Wins the Day and the Conqueror Is Captured](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ix-of-an-unequal-combat-in-which-the-weakest-wins-the-day-and-the-conqueror-is-captured.md)
- [How the Master-General of Ordnance Granted the Huntsman His Life and Held Out Hopes to Him of Great Things](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-how-the-master-general-of-ordnance-granted-the-huntsman-his-life-and-held-out-hopes-to-him-of-great-things.md)
- [XI: Contains All Manner of Matters of Little Import and Great Imagination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-contains-all-manner-of-matters-of-little-import-and-great-imagination.md)
- [XII: How Fortune Unexpectedly Bestowed on the Huntsman a Noble Present](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-how-fortune-unexpectedly-bestowed-on-the-huntsman-a-noble-present.md)
- [Of Simplicissimus’ Strange Fancies and Castles in the Air, and How He Guarded His Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-of-simplicissimus-strange-fancies-and-castles-in-the-air-and-how-he-guarded-his-treasure.md)
- [XIV: How the Huntsman Was Captured by the Enemy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiv-how-the-huntsman-was-captured-by-the-enemy.md)
- [On What Condition the Huntsman Was Set Free](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xv-on-what-condition-the-huntsman-was-set-free.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Became a Nobleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvi-how-simplicissimus-became-a-nobleman.md)
- [How the Huntsman Disposed Himself to Pass His Six Months: And Also Somewhat of the Prophetess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvii-how-the-huntsman-disposed-himself-to-pass-his-six-months-and-also-somewhat-of-the-prophetess.md)
- [How the Huntsman Went a Wooing, and Made a Trade of It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-how-the-huntsman-went-a-wooing-and-made-a-trade-of-it.md)
- [XIX: By What Means the Huntsman Made Friends, and How He Was Moved by a Sermon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xix-by-what-means-the-huntsman-made-friends-and-how-he-was-moved-by-a-sermon.md)
- [XX: How He Gave the Faithful Priest Other Fish to Fry, to Cause Him to Forget His Own Hoggish Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-how-he-gave-the-faithful-priest-other-fish-to-fry-to-cause-him-to-forget-his-own-hoggish-life.md)
- [How Simplicissimus All Unawares Was Made a Married Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-how-simplicissimus-all-unawares-was-made-a-married-man.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Held His Wedding-Feast and How He Purposed to Begin His New Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-how-simplicissimus-held-his-wedding-feast-and-how-he-purposed-to-begin-his-new-life.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Came to a Certain Town (Which He Nameth for Convenience Cologne) to Fetch His Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-how-simplicissimus-came-to-a-certain-town-which-he-nameth-for-convenience-cologne-to-fetch-his-treasure.md)
- [How the Huntsman Caught a Hare in the Middle of a Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiv-how-the-huntsman-caught-a-hare-in-the-middle-of-a-town.md)
- [Book IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/book-iv.md)
- [How and for What Reason the Huntsman Was Jockeyed Away Into France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/i-how-and-for-what-reason-the-huntsman-was-jockeyed-away-into-france.md)
- [II: How Simplicissimus Found a Better Host Than Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ii-how-simplicissimus-found-a-better-host-than-before.md)
- [III: How He Became a Stage Player and Got Himself a New Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iii-how-he-became-a-stage-player-and-got-himself-a-new-name.md)
- [IV: How Simplicissimus Departed Secretly and How He Believed He Had the Neapolitan Disease](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iv-how-simplicissimus-departed-secretly-and-how-he-believed-he-had-the-neapolitan-disease.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Pondered on His Past Life, and How with the Water Up to His Mouth He Learned to Swim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/v-how-simplicissimus-pondered-on-his-past-life-and-how-with-the-water-up-to-his-mouth-he-learned-to-swim.md)
- [VI: How He Became a Vagabond Quack and a Cheat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vi-how-he-became-a-vagabond-quack-and-a-cheat.md)
- [VII: How the Doctor Was Fitted with a Musket Under Captain Curmudgeon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vii-how-the-doctor-was-fitted-with-a-musket-under-captain-curmudgeon.md)
- [VIII: How Simplicissimus Endured a Cheerless Bath in the Rhine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-simplicissimus-endured-a-cheerless-bath-in-the-rhine.md)
- [IX: Wherefore Clergymen Should Never Eat Hares That Have Been Taken in a Snare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ix-wherefore-clergymen-should-never-eat-hares-that-have-been-taken-in-a-snare.md)
- [X: How Simplicissimus Was All Unexpectedly Quit of His Musket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-how-simplicissimus-was-all-unexpectedly-quit-of-his-musket.md)
- [Discourses of the Order of the Marauder Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-discourses-of-the-order-of-the-marauder-brothers.md)
- [XII: Of a Desperate Fight for Life in Which Each Party Doth Yet Escape Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-of-a-desperate-fight-for-life-in-which-each-party-doth-yet-escape-death.md)
- [XIII: How Oliver Conceived That He Could Excuse His Brigand’s Tricks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-how-oliver-conceived-that-he-could-excuse-his-brigand-s-tricks.md)
- [XIV: How Oliver Explained Herzbruder’s Prophecy to His Own Profit, and So Came to Love His Worst Enemy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiv-how-oliver-explained-herzbruder-s-prophecy-to-his-own-profit-and-so-came-to-love-his-worst-enemy.md)
- [XV: How Simplicissimus Thought More Piously When He Went A-Plundering Than Did Oliver When He Went to Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xv-how-simplicissimus-thought-more-piously-when-he-went-a-plundering-than-did-oliver-when-he-went-to-church.md)
- [XVI: Of Oliver’s Descent, and How He Behaved in His Youth, and Specially at School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvi-of-oliver-s-descent-and-how-he-behaved-in-his-youth-and-specially-at-school.md)
- [How He Studied at Liège, and How He There Demeaned Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-how-he-studied-at-li-ge-and-how-he-there-demeaned-himself.md)
- [Of the Homecoming and Departure of This Worshipful Student, and How He Sought to Obtain Advancement in the Wars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-of-the-homecoming-and-departure-of-this-worshipful-student-and-how-he-sought-to-obtain-advancement-in-the-wars.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Fulfilled Herzbruder’s Prophecy to Oliver Before Yet Either Knew the Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xix-how-simplicissimus-fulfilled-herzbruder-s-prophecy-to-oliver-before-yet-either-knew-the-other.md)
- [XX: How It Doth Fare with a Man on Whom Evil Fortune Doth Rain Cats and Dogs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-how-it-doth-fare-with-a-man-on-whom-evil-fortune-doth-rain-cats-and-dogs.md)
- [A Brief Example of That Trade Which Oliver Followed, Wherein He Was a Master and Simplicissimus Should Be a Prentice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-a-brief-example-of-that-trade-which-oliver-followed-wherein-he-was-a-master-and-simplicissimus-should-be-a-prentice.md)
- [How Oliver Bit the Dust and Took Six Good Men with Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-how-oliver-bit-the-dust-and-took-six-good-men-with-him.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Became a Rich Man and Herzbruder Fell Into Great Misery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-how-simplicissimus-became-a-rich-man-and-herzbruder-fell-into-great-misery.md)
- [XXIV: Of the Manner in Which Herzbruder Fell Into Such Evil Plight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiv-of-the-manner-in-which-herzbruder-fell-into-such-evil-plight.md)
- [Book V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/book-v.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Turned Palmer and Went on a Pilgrimage with Herzbruder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/i-how-simplicissimus-turned-palmer-and-went-on-a-pilgrimage-with-herzbruder.md)
- [II: How Simplicissimus, Being Terrified of the Devil, Was Converted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ii-how-simplicissimus-being-terrified-of-the-devil-was-converted.md)
- [III: How the Two Friends Spent the Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iii-how-the-two-friends-spent-the-winter.md)
- [IV: In What Manner Simplicissimus and Herzbruder Went to the Wars Again and Returned Thence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iv-in-what-manner-simplicissimus-and-herzbruder-went-to-the-wars-again-and-returned-thence.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Rode Courier and in the Likeness of Mercury Learned from Jove What His Design Was as Regards War and Peace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/v-how-simplicissimus-rode-courier-and-in-the-likeness-of-mercury-learned-from-jove-what-his-design-was-as-regards-war-and-peace.md)
- [VI: A Story of a Trick That Simplicissimus Played at the Spa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vi-a-story-of-a-trick-that-simplicissimus-played-at-the-spa.md)
- [How Herzbruder Died and How Simplicissimus Again Fell to Wanton Courses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/vii-how-herzbruder-died-and-how-simplicissimus-again-fell-to-wanton-courses.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Found His Second Marriage Turn Out, and How He Met with His Dad and Learned Who His Parents Had Been](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-simplicissimus-found-his-second-marriage-turn-out-and-how-he-met-with-his-dad-and-learned-who-his-parents-had-been.md)
- [IX: In What Manner the Pains of Childbirth Came Upon Him, and How He Became a Widower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/ix-in-what-manner-the-pains-of-childbirth-came-upon-him-and-how-he-became-a-widower.md)
- [X: Relation of Certain Peasants Concerning the Wonderful Mummelsee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-relation-of-certain-peasants-concerning-the-wonderful-mummelsee.md)
- [XI: Of the Marvellous Thanksgiving of a Patient, and of the Holy Thoughts Thereby Awakened in Simplicissimus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-of-the-marvellous-thanksgiving-of-a-patient-and-of-the-holy-thoughts-thereby-awakened-in-simplicissimus.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Journeyed with the Sylphs to the Centre of the Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-how-simplicissimus-journeyed-with-the-sylphs-to-the-centre-of-the-earth.md)
- [XIII to XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-to-xvi.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Returned from the Middle of the Earth, and of His Strange Fancies, His Aircastles, His Calculations; and How He Reckoned Without His Host](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvii-how-simplicissimus-returned-from-the-middle-of-the-earth-and-of-his-strange-fancies-his-aircastles-his-calculations-and-how-he-reckoned-without-his-host.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Wasted His Spring in the Wrong Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xviii-how-simplicissimus-wasted-his-spring-in-the-wrong-place.md)
- [XX: Treats of a Trifling Promenade from the Black Forest to Moscow in Russia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-treats-of-a-trifling-promenade-from-the-black-forest-to-moscow-in-russia.md)
- [How Simplicissimus Further Fared in Moscow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-how-simplicissimus-further-fared-in-moscow.md)
- [By What a Short and Merry Road He Came Home to His Dad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-by-what-a-short-and-merry-road-he-came-home-to-his-dad.md)
- [XXIII: Is Very Short and Concerneth Simplicissimus Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-is-very-short-and-concerneth-simplicissimus-alone.md)
- [Why and in What Fashion Simplicissimus Left the World Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiv-why-and-in-what-fashion-simplicissimus-left-the-world-again.md)
- [Appendix A](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/appendix-a.md)
- [Continuation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/continuation.md)
- [XIX: How Simplicissimus and a Carpenter Escaped from a Shipwreck with Their Lives and Were Thereafter Provided with a Land of Their Own](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xix-how-simplicissimus-and-a-carpenter-escaped-from-a-shipwreck-with-their-lives-and-were-thereafter-provided-with-a-land-of-their-own.md)
- [XX: How They Hired a Fair Cookmaid and by God’s Help Were Rid of Her Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-how-they-hired-a-fair-cookmaid-and-by-god-s-help-were-rid-of-her-again.md)
- [XXI: How They Thereafter Kept House Together and How They Set to Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-how-they-thereafter-kept-house-together-and-how-they-set-to-work.md)
- [XXII: Further Sequel of the Above Story, and How Simon Meron Left the Island and This Life, and How Simplicissimus Remained the Sole Lord of the Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxii-further-sequel-of-the-above-story-and-how-simon-meron-left-the-island-and-this-life-and-how-simplicissimus-remained-the-sole-lord-of-the-island.md)
- [XXIII: In Which the Hermit Concludes His Story and Therewith Ends These His Six Books](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxiii-in-which-the-hermit-concludes-his-story-and-therewith-ends-these-his-six-books.md)
- [Appendix B](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/appendix-b.md)
- [Continuatio, XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/continuatio-xiii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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