Kammala wannan jumla: Matsi ya ƙaru a kan ministan Spain Olivares don yin zaman lafiya, musamman bayan ƙoƙarin da aka yi na hayar mataimakan Poland ya tabbatar da rashin nasara. Kashe hanyar Mutanen Espanya ya tilasta Madrid ta sake ba da sojojin su a Flanders ta teku kuma a watan Oktoba 1639 an hallaka wani babban jirgin ruwa na Mutanen Espanya a kan iyakar.
Yaƙin Downs. Hare-haren Holland kan mallakarsu a Afirka da Amurka sun haifar da tashin hankali a Fotigal, sannan wani ɓangare na Daular Spain kuma haɗe da manyan haraji sun haifar da tawaye a Fotigal da Catalonia. Bayan da Faransawa suka kama Arras a watan Agusta 1640 kuma suka mamaye Artois, Olivares ya yi jayayya cewa lokaci ya yi da za a yarda da 'yancin Holland da kuma hana ƙarin hasara a Flanders. Daular ta kasance babbar iko amma ba za ta iya tallafawa Ferdinand ba, wanda ya shafi ikonsa na ci gaba da yakin.