"In the name of God, Amen; We, ... the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne King James, ... haveing undertaken, for the glorie of God, and advancemente of the Christian faith and honor of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant the first colonie in the Northerne parte of Virginia, doe, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and, by vertue heareof, to enacte, constitute, and frame, such just and equall laws, ordenanrcs, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie."
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Mayflower Compact (November 21 O.S. November 11], 1620)
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