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, etc.
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, convenant 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 subscibed 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.