The Adventurous Simplicissimus

The Adventurous Simplicissimus

By Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

Translated by Alfred Thomas Scrope Goodrick.

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. Dedication
4. Introduction
5. Frontispiece
6. The Adventurous Simplicissimus
   1. Book I
      1. I: Treats of Simplicissimus’s Rustic Descent and of His Upbringing Answering Thereto
      2. II: Of the First Step Towards That Dignity to Which Simplicissimus Attained, to Which Is Added the Praise of Shepherds and Other Excellent Precepts
      3. III: Treats of the Sufferings of a Faithful Bagpipe
      4. IV: How Simplicissimus’s Palace Was Stormed, Plundered, and Ruinated, and in What Sorry Fashion the Soldiers Kept House There
      5. V: How Simplicissimus Took French Leave, and How He Was Terrified by Dead Trees
      6. VI: Is So Short and So Prayerful That Simplicissimus Thereupon Swoons Away
      7. VII: How Simplicissimus Was in a Poor Lodging Kindly Entreated
      8. VIII: How Simplicissimus by His Noble Discourse Proclaimed His Excellent Qualities
      9. IX: How Simplicissimus Was Changed from a Wild Beast Into a Christian
      10. X: In What Manner He Learned to Read and Write in the Wild Woods
      11. XI: Discourseth of Foods, Household Stuff, and Other Necessary Concerns, Which Folk Must Have in This Earthly Life
      12. XII: Tells of a Notable Fine Way, to Die Happy and to Have Oneself Buried at Small Cost
      13. XIII: How Simplicissimus Was Driven About Like a Straw in a Whirlpool
      14. XIV: A Quaint Comedia of Five Peasants
      15. XV: How Simplicissimus Was Plundered, and How He Dreamed of the Peasants and How They Fared in Times of War
      16. XVI: Of the Ways and Works of Soldiers Nowadays, and How Hardly a Common Soldier Can Get Promotion
      17. 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
      18. XVIII: How Simplicissimus Took His First Step Into the World and That with Evil Luck
      19. XIX: How Simplicissimus Was Captured by Hanau and Hanau by Simplicissimus
      20. XX: In What Wise He Was Saved from Prison and Torture
      21. XXI: How Treacherous Dame Fortune Cast on Simplicissimus a Friendly Glance
      22. XXII: Who the Hermit Was by Whom Simplicissimus Was Cherished
      23. XXIII: How Simplicissimus Became a Page: And Likewise, How the Hermit’s Wife Was Lost
      24. XXIV: How Simplicissimus Blamed the World and Saw Many Idols Therein
      25. XXV: How Simplicissimus Found the World All Strange and the World Found Him Strange Likewise
      26. XXVI: A New and Strange Way for Men to Wish One Another Luck and to Welcome One Another
      27. XXVII: How Simplicissimus Discoursed with the Secretary, and How He Found a False Friend
      28. XXVIII: How Simplicissimus Got Two Eyes Out of One Calf’s-Head
      29. XXIX: How a Man Step by Step May Attain Unto Intoxication and Finally Unawares Become Blind Drunk
      30. XXX: Still Treats of Naught but of Drinking Bouts, and How to Be Rid of Parsons Thereat
      31. XXXI: How the Lord Governor Shot a Very Foul Fox
      32. XXXII: How Simplicissimus Spoiled the Dance
   2. Book II
      1. I: How a Goose and a Gander Were Mated
      2. II: Concerning the Merits and Virtues of a Good Bath at the Proper Season
      3. III: How the Other Page Received Payment for His Teaching, and How Simplicissimus Was Chosen to Be a Fool
      4. 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
      5. V: How Simplicissimus Was by Four Devils Brought Into Hell and There Treated with Spanish Wine
      6. VI: How Simplicissimus Went Up to Heaven and Was Turned Into a Calf
      7. VII: How Simplicissimus Accommodated Himself to the State of a Brute Beast
      8. VIII: Discourseth of the Wondrous Memory of Some and the Forgetfulness of Others
      9. IX: Crooked Praise of a Proper Lady
      10. X: Discourseth of Naught but Heroes and Famous Artists
      11. XI: Of the Toilsome and Dangerous Office of a Governor
      12. XII: Of the Sense and Knowledge of Certain Unreasoning Animals
      13. XIII: Of Various Matters Which Whoever Will Know Must Either Read Them or Have Them Read to Him
      14. XIV: How Simplicissimus Led the Life of a Nobleman, and How the Croats Robbed Him of This When They Stole Himself
      15. XV: Of Simplicissimus’ Life with the Troopers, and What He Saw and Learned Among the Croats
      16. XVI: How Simplicissimus Found Goodly Spoils, and How He Became a Thievish Brother of the Woods
      17. XVII: How Simplicissimus Was Present at a Dance of Witches
      18. XVIII: Doth Prove That No Man Can Lay to Simplicissimus’ Charge That He Doth Draw the Long Bow
      19. XIX: How Simplicissimus Became a Fool Again as He Had Been a Fool Before
      20. XX: Is Pretty Long, and Treats of Playing with Dice and What Hangs Thereby
      21. XXI: Is Somewhat Shorter and More Entertaining Than the Last
      22. XXII: A Rascally Trick to Step Into Another Man’s Shoes
      23. XXIII: How Ulrich Herzbruder Sold Himself for a Hundred Ducats
      24. XXIV: How Two Prophecies Were Fulfilled at Once
      25. XXV: How Simplicissimus Was Transformed from a Boy Into a Girl and Fell Into Divers Adventures of Love
      26. XXVI: How He Was Imprisoned for a Traitor and Enchanter
      27. XXVII: How the Provost Fared in the Battle of Wittstock
      28. XXVIII: Of a Great Battle Wherein the Conqueror Is Captured in the Hour of Triumph
      29. XXIX: How a Notably Pious Soldier Fared in Paradise, and How the Huntsman Filled His Place
      30. XXX: How the Huntsman Carried Himself When He Began to Learn the Trade of War: Wherefrom a Young Soldier May Learn Somewhat
      31. XXXI: How the Devil Stole the Parson’s Bacon and How the Huntsman Caught Himself
   3. Book III
      1. I: How the Huntsman Went Too Far to the Left Hand