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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
Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
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
John Carver William Mullins John Billington
Peter Brown Digery Priest Thomas English
Thomas Tinker John Turner William Brewster
John Howland Samuel Fuller Edward Tilly
Edmund Margesson Stephen Hopkins Richard Clark
John Craxton John Alden Edward Winslow
John Allerton Thomas Rogers George Soule
Gilbert Winslow Richard Warren John Goodman
James Chilton Miles Standish Edward Liester
Edward Fuller Francis Cooke Richard Bitteridge
William Bradford Richard Gardiner Moses Fletcher
Francis Eaton Thomas Williams William White
John Ridgate John Tilly Isaac Allerton
Edward Doten Christopher Martin