WOLSEY: That thing out there’s at least fertile, Thomas.

MORE: But she’s not his wife.

WOLSEY: No, Catherine’s his wife and she’s barren as brick. Are you going to pray for a miracle?

MORE: There are precedents.

Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
A Man for All Seasons, play, Act 1 (1960)
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Referring to Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII wants to marry pending to a divorce from his present wife, Catherine of Aragon.

In Bolt's 1966 film adaptation, nearly the same lines are used:

WOLSEY: That thing out there; at least she's fertile, Thomas.
MORE: But she's not his wife.
WOLSEY: No, Catherine's his wife and she's barren as a brick; are you going to pray for a miracle?
MORE: There are precedents.