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