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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 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 Politic, 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 hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November,
in the year of 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 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
Willian 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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