Chapter III: Book II: Chap. i.: How a goose and a gander were mated

_Chap. ii._: Concerning the merits and virtues of a good bath at the proper season

_Chap. iii._: How the other page received payment for his teaching, and how Simplicissimus was chosen to be a fool

_Chap. 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

_Chap. v._: How Simplicissimus was by four devils brought into hell and there treated with Spanish wine

_Chap. vi._: How Simplicissimus went up to heaven and was turned into a calf

_Chap. vii._: How Simplicissimus accommodated himself to the state of a brute beast

_Chap. viii._: Discourseth of the wondrous memory of some and the forgetfulness of others

_Chap. ix._: Crooked praise of a proper lady

_Chap. x._: Discourseth of naught but heroes and famous artists

_Chap. xi._: Of the toilsome and dangerous office of a Governor

_Chap. xii._: Of the sense and knowledge of certain unreasoning animals

_Chap. xiii._: Of various matters which whoever will know must either read them or have them read to him

_Chap. xiv._: How Simplicissimus led the life of a nobleman, and how the Croats robbed him of this when they stole himself

_Chap. xv._: Of Simplicissimus' life with the troopers, and what he saw and learned among the Croats

_Chap. xvi._: How Simplicissimus found goodly spoils, and how he became a thievish brother of the woods

_Chap. xvii._: How Simplicissimus was present at a dance of witches

_Chap. xviii._: Doth prove that no man can lay to Simplicissimus' charge that he doth draw the long bow

_Chap. xix._: How Simplicissimus became a fool again as he had been a fool before

_Chap. xx._: Is pretty long, and treats of playing with dice and what hangs thereby

_Chap. xxi._: Is somewhat shorter and more entertaining than the last

_Chap. xxii._: A rascally trick to step into another man's shoes

_Chap. xxiii._: How Ulrich Herzbruder sold himself for a hundred ducats

_Chap. xxiv._: How two prophecies were fulfilled at once

_Chap. xxv._: How Simplicissimus was transformed from a boy into a girl and fell into divers adventures of love

_Chap. xxvi._: How he was imprisoned for a traitor and enchanter

_Chap. xxvii:_ How the Provost fared in the battle of Wittstock

_Chap. xxviii._: Of a great battle wherein the conqueror is captured in the hour of triumph

_Chap. xxix._: How a notably pious soldier fared in Paradise, and how the huntsman filled his place

_Chap. xxx._: How the huntsman carried himself when he began to learn the trade of war: wherefrom a young soldier may learn somewhat

_Chap. xxxi._: How the devil stole the parson's bacon and how the huntsman caught himself