The sense is quite plain if we remember that soldiers degraded on account of misconduct were made "pioners": vid.

Hence "pioner" is used for "the meanest, most ignorant soldier.

No, it lyes open, where in texed letters read Each Pioner

[Sidenote: it'h' earth] A worthy Pioner, once more remoue good friends.

Paris Garden ditch Pavine Pedlars' French Peele's Hunting of Cupid Peeterman Persius quoted Pharo, by the life of (This oath occurs in first edition, 1601, of Every Man in his Humour: in the revised edition it was altered to "by the foot of Pharaoh.") Picardo Pick-hatch Pilchers Pimblico Pinks Pioner Plancher Planet ("Some Planet striketh him")

And again: I had been happy, if the general camp, Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body, So I had nothing known.