Both Uses of

testimony

in

Jane Eyre

I remained an inmate of its walls, after its regeneration, for eight years: six as pupil, and two as teacher; and in both capacities I bear my testimony to its value and importance.†
p. 100.2 *

testimony = something that serves as evidence -- especially a statement at a trial or hearing

I have a witness to the fact, whose testimony even you, sir, will scarcely controvert.†
p. 335.4