George, Lord Rochford's Letter to Lord Lisle

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

 

November 6, 1534: George, Lord Rochford writes to Lord Lisle...read the same letter today, 479 years later, to find out what Queen Anne Boleyn's brother was doing in Dover. 

the letter can be found at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=79348 - see document 1396