Wisby

"Wisby was fortified about 1200 against its country neighbours; and King Magnus, 1288, quieted another civil war, and allowed the citizens to restore their fallen walls."—*Olaus Magnus*, ii. 24. "It was destroyed in 1361 (Koch) by Walderna, King of Denmark, who, taking advantage of the discords in Sweden, and having flattered the King Magnus till he made him a mere tool of his own, conquered or destroyed some valuable parts of the Swedish dominions, and among the rest Gothland."—*Johannes Magnus, Rex Suev.*, xxi. 6. and in 7.: "... ob direptum insigne emporium Vis becense." "As, therefore, it…