The Mayflower Compact (1620) |
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In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names
are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereigne
Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France
and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc. having undertaken,
for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith,
and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first
colony in the Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents
solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another,
covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body
politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and
furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to
enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall laws,
ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time,
as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall
good of the Colonie unto which we promise all due submission and
obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our
names at Cape-Codd the 11. of November, in the year of the
raigne of our sovereigne lord, King James, of England, France
and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth.
Anno Dom. 1620. |
John Carver Edward Tilley Degory Priest William Bradford John Tilley Thomas Williams Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow William Brewster |
Thomas Rogers Edmund Margeson Issac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Browne Myles Standish John Rigdale Richard Britteridge John Alden Edward Fuller |
George Soule Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clarke Christopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard Gardiner William Mullins James Chilton John Allerton William White |
John Crackston Thomas English Richard Warren John Billington Edward Dotey John Howland Moses Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins John Goodman |
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