1562
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Johan Runge, a Hanseatic merchant from Bremen, was not allowed to trade from Baltasound and was forced by the foud Olave Sinclair to trade on the Mainland, because there were already too many merchants in the North Isles. However, Runge complained about the situation on the Mainland: "... dar gerets mher eeber ... van Hamborgeren und Bremern ... als Poggen weren" (that would make me spew … there are more Hamburgers and Bremers … than frogs)
