The Mayflower Compact

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal

Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God,

of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc.

Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian

Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the

first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents,

solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another,

convenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for

our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends

aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such

just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from

time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the

General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission

and Obedience.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscibed our names at Cape Cod the

eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of

England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the

fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.

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