The
Mayflower Compact
1620
"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 England,
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, &c.
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, covenant 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
subscribed 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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