 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chimwe chezvikonzero nei hondo yakawedzera kuva nesimba kwaiva kusatsunga kwayo. Mauto aifamba zvishoma munguva yakanga isina migwagwa yakanaka nemigero. Hondo dzakanga dzisingawanzoitiki sezvo mauto aigona kufamba kwemwedzi yakawanda, pasina kurwisana zvakananga. Mukuwedzera, hondo dzaiwanzova dzisina basa nemhaka yokuwanda kwenzvimbo dzokuchengetedza dzakanga dzakakwirira uye dzakasimba. Kuti vatonge nharaunda, mauto aifanira kutora maguta akavakirirwa, pasinei nokuti akakunda mauto omunda evavengi vavo here kana kuti kwete. Somuuyo, nokure hondo dzaiwanwa zvikurusa dzenguva yacho dzakanga dziri kukomba, nhau dzinopedza nguva huru uye dzinodhura. Kupinda muguta rakasimbiswa kwaigona kuguma nokurasikirwa kukuru uye maguta akanga asina kuzviisa pasi pamberi pokurwiswa kazhinji kazhinji aidzingwa noutsinye - somuenzaniso Magdeburgmuna 1631 kana kuti Drogheda muna 1649. Mukuwedzera, vose vari vaviri varwi navairwisa kazhinji kazhinji vaitambura zvikuru nechirwere. 