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| "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 England,
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 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."
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