Note 14 — BOOK II.
Rowland Smith translation
Alluding to the barber of King Midas, who, being a bad keeper of secrets, revealed to the reeds the fact of his lord and master having ass's ears.
"Creber arundinibus tremulis ibi surgere lucus Cœpit; et ut primum pleno maturuit anno, Prodidit agricolam; leni nam motus ab Austro Obruta verba refert; dominique coarguit aures." Ovid. Met. xi. 190.