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, 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.