Book 4, Canto 7 Summary

The story winds back to Amoret, who was captured by a hideous beast while Britomart was sleeping. The beast, called the Hairy Carl, brings her back to his cave where she meets another woman Aemylia (who was carried off when meeting her lover for a tryst in the woods) and finds out that he rapes and devours his women. When the Carl comes for her, Amoret runs out of the cave, the beast in hot pursuit. Luckily, she is spotted by Belphoebe and Timias (who has followed her since she healed him) and rescued. Timias fights with the Carl, and accidentally wounds Amoret, whom the Carl uses as a shield. Then Belphoebe comes on the scene and the Carl flees. Belphoebe hits him with an arrow in the throat as he runs away. She returns to find Timias leaning over Amoret...