A woman who was imprisoned by gentiles: if because of money —- is permitted to her husband; [but if it was] for the purpose of [taking her] life, she is prohibited to her husband.  A city that was conquered by a besieging troop —- all Kohanim’s wives found therein are unfit. But if they have witnesses —- even a slave, even a maidservant —- these are believed. A person is not believed about himself. Said R’ Zechariah ben HaKatzav: [By] this Temple! Her hand did not move out of my hand from the time the gentiles entered Jerusalem until they left. They said to him: A person cannot testify for himself.

And [in] these [cases, people] are believed to testify —- when they are of age —- about what they saw when they were minors: A person is believed to say: “This is my father’s handwriting,” and “This is my teacher’s handwriting,” and “This is my brother’s handwriting”; “I remember so-and-so, that she went out with a veil and with her hair untied”; and “that so-and-so went out of school to immerse himself in order to eat terumah,” and “that he shared with us on the threshing floor”; and “This place is a beis haperas”; and “Until here we used to go on the Sabbath.” But a person is not believed to say, “So-and-so had a right of way in this place”; “So-and-so had a stopping spot and a eulogizing spot in this place.”