Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva yokushandiswa kuduku yakatevera. Zvichida nemhaka yomufambiro usina kujeka waWallenstein, akaurayiwa muna 1634. Pasinei nokuwa kwaWallenstein, mauto oumambo akatorazve Regensburg uye akakunda mu
Hondo yeNördlingen (1634). Hondo yeSweden yakanga yaneta zvikuru, uye kutya kuti simba ravaHabsburgs raizova guru kwakaparira France, inotungamirirwa naLouis XIII weFrance naKardinal Richelieu, kupinda muhondo parutivi rwavaPurotesitendi. (Baba vaLouis Henry IV weFrance vakanga vambova mutungamiriri wevaHuguenot.) Muna 1635 Ferdinand akasaina chiito chake chokupedzisira chinokosha, Rugare rwePrague (1635), asi izvi hazvina kugumisa hondo yacho.