BOOK V.
Chap. i.: How Simplicissimus turned palmer and went on a pilgrimage with Herzbruder
Chap. ii.: How Simplicissimus, being terrified of the devil, was converted
Chap. iii.: How the two friends spent the winter
Chap. iv.: In what manner Simplicissimus and Herzbruder went to the wars again and returned thence
Chap. v.: How Simplicissimus rode courier and in the likeness of Mercury learned from Jove what his design was as regards war and peace
Chap. vi.: A story of a trick that Simplicissimus played at the spa
Chap. vii.: How Herzbruder died and how Simplicissimus again fell to wanton courses
Chap. viii.: How Simplicissimus found his second marriage turn out, and how he met with his dad and learned who his parents had been
Chap. ix.: In what manner the pains of childbirth came upon him, and how he became a widower