Holy Wednesday in Tudor Times

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

On the Wednesday of Holy Week in Tudor times the priest read out loud the passage from the Bible concerning the veil in the Temple in Jerusalem:
“And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.” Matthew 27:51(AV)
As this passage was read aloud, the Lent veil separating the chancel and the nave was dropped and put away until next year’s Lent.