IV. _Elizabeth_, the wife of _Captain Rice Price_ of _Armagh_, deposeth and saith, that she and other women whose husbands were murderers, hearing of divers apparitions, and visions that were seen near _Portnedown Bridge_, since the drowning of her children and the rest of the protestants there, went unto the bridge aforesaid about twilight in the evening; then and there upon a sudden, there appeared unto them a vision or spirit, assuming the shape of a woman, waist-high upright in the water, naked with elevated and closed hands, her hair hanging down, very white, her eyes seemed to twinkle, and her skin as white as snow; which spirit seemed to stand straight up in the water, and often repeated the word, _Revenge_, _Revenge_, _Revenge_; whereat this deponent and the rest being put into a strong amazement and affright walked from the place. _Jurat. January 29, 1642._ V. _Arthur Arlun_, of _Clowarghter_ in the county of _Cavan_, Esquire, deposeth that he was credibly informed by some that were present there, that there were thirty women and young children and seven men flung into the river of _Belturbet_, and when some of them offered to swim for their lives, they were by the rebels, followed in carts, and knocked upon the head with poles; the same day they hanged two women at _Turbet_; and this deponent doth verily believe, that _Rulmore O‘Rely_ the then sheriff, had a hand in commanding the murder of those said persons, for that he saw him write two notes which he sent to _Turbet_ by _Brian O‘Rely_, upon whose coming there murders were committed: and those persons who were present also affirmed, that the bodies of those thirty persons drowned did not appear upon the water till about six weeks after past; as the said Rely came to the town, all the bodies came floating up to the very bridge; and those persons were all formerly stayed in the town by his protection, when the rest of their neighbours in the town went away.[25] That the sounds complained of by these witnesses were mere delusions, there can be no doubt. The actors in such bloody scenes are liable to tremendous recollections. The solitary hours of Charles IX. of France were rendered horrible by the repetition of the shrieks and cries which had assailed his ears during the massacre of St. Bartholomew.[26] When the mind is loaded with a sense of insupportable guilt, partial insanity is at hand; and warning, or reproaching voices distract the feelings of the sufferer.