BOOK I.

CHAP. I.

Giving an Account of Who he is and Whence he Sprung 3

CHAP. II.

How I went to School, and what Happened to me there 8

CHAP. III.

How I went to a Boarding School in quality of Servant to Don Diego Coronel 17

CHAP. IV.

Of my Convalescence, and Departure for the University of Alcalá de Henares 32

CHAP. V.

Of our entrance into Alcalá, of the Footing we had to pay, and the Tricks they played upon us 41

CHAP. VI.

Of the wicked old Housekeeper, and the first knavish pranks I played at Alcalá 51

CHAP. VII.

How I received news of my Father's Death, parted from Don Diego, and what Course of Life I resolved on for the future 69

CHAP. VIII.

My Journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and what Happened by the way till I came to Rejas, where I lay that Night 75

CHAP. IX.

Of what Happened to me on the road to Madrid with a Poet 89

CHAP. X.

Of what I did at Madrid, and what Happened to me on my way to Cerecedilla, where I passed the Night 95

CHAP. XI.

The kind Entertainment I had at my Uncle's, the Visits I received; how I recovered my Inheritance and returned to Madrid 111

CHAP. XII.

Of my flight from Segovia, with what Happened to me by the way to Madrid 126

CHAP. XIII.

In which the Gentleman pursues his Journey, and his promised Tale of his Life and Condition 132