¶ The Names.
Fuchsius did at the first take it to be Cha∣moeleon niger; but afterwards being better ad∣uised, he named it Spina peregrina, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 du∣us globosus. Valerius Cordus doth fitly call it Sphoerocephalus: the same name doth also agree with the rest, for they haue a round head like a ball or globe. Most would haue the first to be that which Matthiolus setteth downe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Spina alba: this Thistle is called in English, Globe Thistle, and Ball-Thistle.
The downe or woolly headed Thistle is called in Latine, being destitute of another name, Eriocephalus, of the woolly head: in En∣glish, Downe Thistle, or woolly headed Thi∣stle. It is thought of diuers to be that which Bartholomoeus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Palea, Franciscan Friers, report to be called Corona Fratrum, or Friers Crowne: but this Thistle doth far differ from that, as is euident by those things which they haue written concerning Corona Fratrum; which is thus: In the borders of the kingdome of Aragon towards the kingdome of Castile we finde another kind of Thistle, which groweth plentifully there, by common 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and in wheate fields, &c. Vide Dod. Pempt. 5. lib. 5. cap. 5.