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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, e&.
Having
undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the
Christian Faith, and the Honor 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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