Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Dzvinyiriro yakawedzera pana gurukota reSpain Olivares kuti aite rugare, zvikurukuru pashure pokunge kuedza kuhaya vabetseri vePoland kwaratidza kusabudirira. Kucheka Mugwagwa weSpain kwakanga kwakamanikidza Madrid kupazve mauto avo muFlanders nomugungwa uye muna October 1639 ngoro huru yeSpain yakaparadzwa muHondo yeDowns
. Kurwiswa kwakaitwa nyika dzeNetherlands nezvinhu zvavaiva nazvo muAfrica uye muAmerica kwakakonzera mhirizhonga muPortugal, yaimbova chikamu cheUmambo hweSpain uye pamwe chete nemitero yakakura zvakakonzera kupandukira muPortugal neCatalonia. Pashure pokunge vaFrench vatora Arras muna August 1640 ndokukunda Artois, Olivares akataura kuti yakanga yava nguva yokugamuchira rusununguko rweDutch uye kudzivisa kurasikirwazve muFlanders. Umambo hwakaramba huri simba rinotyisa asi hwakanga husingachakwanisi kutsigira Ferdinand, zvichiita kuti akwanise kupfuurira nehondo.