He was a mountebank, a buffoon. Nijinska had admirably seized the spirit of mountebank buffoonery. The comedy features a mountebank and his clownish assistant, and their victims. Mountebank sent a robot beast against Calista. Mountebank decides to send an automaton against Cliff, the more vulnerable. From the neighbor's garage, Mountebank launches a large group of automatons at the Crossover house. Mountebank and Tyranna survive and escape the battle. Together, they are taken in by the mountebank Ursus. Perry Noia helps Mountebank by offering his garage as a base of operations. Then Mountebank decides to concentrate on Calista instead. Disguised as Scoto the Mountebank, Volpone goes to see Celia.