In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names
are underwritten, the loyall subjects of our
dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye
grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and
Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &.,
haveing undertaken, for ye glory of God, and
advancement of ye Christian faith, and honor
of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye
first colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia,
doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy
in ye presence of God, and one of another,
covenant & combine our selves
togeather into a civill body politick, for our
better ordering & preservation & furtherance
of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof do
enacte, constitute, and frame such just &
equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions,
& offices, from time to time, as shall be
thought most meete & convenient for ye
generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we
promise all due submission and obedience. In
witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed
our names at Cap-Codd ye 11. of November,
in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne lord,
King James, of England, France, & Ireland ye
eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fiftie-fourth.
Ano. Dom. 1620. |
