greedy

For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.

This regular expression performs a greedy match.

Suppoſe they be in number infinit,

Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline,

All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […]

Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats

And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.