 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Makore ekuma1620 aiva makore akanaka nokuda kwemitemo yokunze yeSpain: hondo neDutch yakafamba zvakanaka, kunyange zvazvo yakaita kuti pave nokurasikirwa kukuru, ichiguma nokutorwazve kweguta rinokosha reBredamuna 1624. Zvisinei, pakupera kwemakumi emakore, hurumende yaPhilip yakatarisana nomubvunzo wokuti yaizoisa hondo muFlanders kana kuti ukama hweSpain neFrance munguva yeHondo yeMantuan Succession 16281631. Vapi vezano vaPhilip vakakurudzira kuisa pakutanga hondo muFlanders, kuita chiito chokudzivirira Mugwagwa weSpain kuenda kuNetherlands asi pamutengo wokushora Louis XIII. Nenzira yokuronga izvi zvaifanira kuva njodzi. Pasinei nokubudirira kutsva kweSpanish pakati pemakore ekuma1630 kunyanya, kukunda kwehurumende yaPhilip mukumutsa uto idzva reSpanish, richifamba richipinda muGermany kukunda maPurotesitendi anotungamirwa neSweden muhondo yeNördlingen muna 1634 kuwedzera kwekunetsana neFrance kwakaita kuti hondo pakati penyika mbiri dzeKaturike iwedzere kusadzivirika. Olivares akarayira Firipi kuti hondo yaizouya neFrance yaizova yose kana kuti hapana; Spain yaizokunda kana kuti kuwira mugumisiro wacho. 