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, &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 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 do enact, 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 hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the
eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James
of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the
fiftie-fourth, Anno. Domini, 1620.
Mr. John Carver
Mr. Stephen Hopkins
Mr. William Bradford
Digery Priest
Mr. Edward Winslow
Thomas Williams
Mr. William Brewster
Gilbert Winslow
Isaac Allerton
Edmund Margesson
Miles Standish
Peter Brown
John Alden
Richard Bitteridge
John Turner
George Soule
Francis Eaton
Edward Tilly
James Chilton
John Tilly
John Craxton
Francis Cooke
John Billington
Thomas Rogers
Joses Fletcher
Thomas Tinker
John Goodman
John Ridgate
Mr. Samuel Fuller
Edward Fuller
Mr. Christopher Martin
Richard Clark
Mr. William Mullins
Richard Gardiner
Mr. William White
Mr. John Allerton
Mr. Richard Warren
Thomas English
John Howland
Edward Doten
Edward Liester
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