Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta gaba ya sha wahala ɗan kurkuku a Lisbon. A shekara ta 1639 an nada shi a matsayin colonel na daya daga cikin rundunonin da aka tara don yin aiki a Flanders, kuma a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar ya dauki babban bangare wajen kare A Coruña daga wani jirgin ruwan Faransa wanda babban bishop na Bordeaux ya umurce shi, yayin da a watan Agusta na gaba ya jagoranci jirgin ruwa na rundunar sojojin 10,000 lokacin da Admiral Oquendo ya tashi tare da jiragen ruwa saba'in don saduwa da Faransanci da Holland (A). Ya zo lafiya ta hanyar
Rashin nasarar da Mutanen Espanya suka sha a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa a hannun Maarten Tromp, kuma a lokacin da aka fara tawaye na Catalan ya zama shugaban ma'aikata ga babban kwamandan sojojin masarauta, kuma an zaba shi don rubuta asusun yakin, "Historia de la guerra de Cataluña", wanda ya zama Mutanen Espanya classic.