¶ The Names.
Mugwort is called in Greeke 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: and also in Latine Artemisia, which name it had of Arte∣misia Queene of Halicarnassus, and wife of noble Mausolus King of Caria, who adopted it for her owne herbe: before that it was called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Parthenis, as Pliny writeth. Apuleius 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that it was likewise called Parthenion; who hath very many names for it, and many of them are placed in Dioscorides among the bastard names: most of these agree with the right Artemisia, and diuers of them with other herbes, which now and then are numbred among the Mugworts: it is also called Mater 〈◊〉〈◊〉: in high-Dutch, Beifusz, and Sant Iohanus Gurtell: in Spanish and Italian, Artemisia: in French, Armoisa: in low-Dutch, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ians krupt: in English, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and common Mugwort.