is Volpone s parasite servant He helps his master to scam others He even tries to betray Volpone and lies to the court So Mosca is whipped and sent away to a ship as a slave Punishment of the Legacy Hunters Voltore Corbaccio and Corvino lie and do evil things to be Volpone's heir After Volpone s attempt to rape Celia Voltore lies to the court to save him Corbaccio disinherits his own son Bonario and gives his property to Volpone to gain his favour Corvino sends his wife Celia to Volpone s bed So these legacy hunters are punished by the court Voltore's licence to practise law is cancelled He is banished from the state Corbaccio is sent to the monastery and his property is given to his son Corvino is ordered to return three times more dowry which Celia brought with her at the time of her marriage He must also dress like a donkey and walk around the city in shame Finally this punishment gives us a moral lesson avarice excessive greed always leads to punishment Earlier in the play Volpone actually told this when he was punishing the legacy-hunters for their avarice by saying What a rare punishment is avarice to itself