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The Mayflower Compact: November 11, 1620 n 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 Iof the faith, &c. Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our king & country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents solemnly & mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves together into a civil body politick; for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet & 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 Cap-Codd the 11 of November, in the year the reign of our sovereign Lord King James of England, France, & Ireland the eighteenth and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620 John Carver William Bradford Edward Winslow William Brewster Issac Allerton Myles Standish John Alden Samuel Fuller Christopher Martin William Mullins William White Richard Warren John Howland Stephen Hopkins Edward Tilley John Tilley Francis Cooke Thomas Rogers John Turner Francis Eaton James Chilton John Crakston John Billington Moses Fletcher John Goodman Degory Priest Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow Edmund Margeson Peter Brown Richard Britterige Georoe Soule Richard Clarke Richard Gardiner John Allerton Thomas English Thomas Tinker John Rigdale Edward Fuller Edward Doty Edward Leister 2.
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