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