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The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 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 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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