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