<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati huohuo, katikati ya karne ya 17, meli za biashara za Uholanzi na Uingereza zilivunja kizuizi cha Ureno na kuanzisha Kampuni zao za India Mashariki kwenye pwani zote mbili.  <response>: Meanwhile, by the middle of the 17th century, Dutch and British armed merchant ships had broken through the Portuguese blockade to set up their East India Companies on both coasts. 