The arrival of the emperor is differently noticed in the copy in the Cottonian MS.
A Sotelte, a panter with an ymage of Seint Katerine in the same tariage and a whele in hire hand, and a Reason in hire other hand.
Also streghte from Natatorie Siloe is an ymage of ston and of olde auncyen werk, that Absalon leet make; and because thereof, men clepen it the hond of Absalon.
Also whan thei wille make hire ydoles, or an ymage of ony of hire frendes, for to have remembrance of hym, thei maken alle weys the ymage alle naked, with outen any maner of clothinge.
Long-while I sought to what I might compare Those powrefull eies which lighten my dark spright; Yet find I nought on earth, to which I dare Resemble th'ymage of their goodly light.
Her temple fayre is built within my mind, In which her glorious ymage placed is; On which my thoughts doo day and night attend, Lyke sacred priests that never thinke amisse.
It happed that this notarye after this on a tyme entryd with hys lord in the chyrche of saynt sophye / & knelyd doun on his knees to fore the ymage of the crucyfyxe / the which crucifyxe as it semed loked moche openly and sharpelye on hym/.
And thenne the Jewe brought the Crysten man to the pytte / and then they drewe oute that hooly ymage /.
On March 14th, the same year, "Serten velyns dyd breke the neke of the ymage of Sant Thomas of Cantarbere, and on of ys arms broke.
Item, j stayned cloth of the ymage of St. Nicholas.
Item, A Crosse with a staf of coper and gilt with the ymage of St. Nicholas in the myddes.
This ymage stont upon a pylere of marble at Constantynoble.
And before that chirche is the ymage of Justynyan the Emperour, covered with gold, and he sytt upon an hors y crowned.
Also streghte from Natatorie Siloe, is an ymage of ston, and of olde auncyen werk, that Absalon leet make: and because there of, men clepen it the head of Absalon.
And he leet make an ymage in the lyknesse of his fadre, and constreyned alle his subgettes for to worschipe it.
Bot al this wo is cause of man, The which that wit and reson can, And that in tokne and in witnesse That ilkeymage bar liknesse Of man and of non other beste.
The thridde ymage next to this Was, whan the king of Grece Apis 1560 Was ded, thei maden a figure In resemblance of his stature.
For with a goodly lok sche smyleth, So that thurgh pure impression Of his ymaginacion 390 With al the herte of his corage His love upon this faire ymage He sette, and hire of love preide; Bot sche no word ayeinward seide.
The goddes, whiche hir pleigntes herde And syhe hou wofully sche ferde, Hire lif thei toke awey anon, And schopen hire into a Ston After the forme of hire ymage Of bodi bothe and of visage.
Fyrst than the grysly dreid about me start; Astonyst I wolx, for sone prent in myne hart The ymage of my deir fader, quhen I The kyng his evyneild beheld sa cruelly By deidly wound ȝaldand vp the spreit.
The wyssys and avowys than, for feir, By woman and the matronys dowblet wer; Mor grew the dreid the narrar drew dangar, Now Martis ymage semys walxin mair.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ymage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
