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,
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
(SIGNED BY)
John Carver William Mullins John Billington
Peter Brown Digery Priest Thomas English
Thomas Tinker John Turner William Brewster
John Howland Samuel Fuller Edward Tilly
Edmund Margesson Stephen Hopkins Richard Clark
John Craxton John Alden Edward Winslow
John Allerton Thomas Rogers George Soule
Gilbert Winslow Richard Warren John Goodman
James Chilton Miles Standish Edward Liester
Edward Fuller Francis Cooke Richard Bitteridge
William Bradford Richard Gardiner Moses Fletcher
Francis Eaton Thomas Williams William White
John Ridgate John Tilly Isaac Allerton
Edward Doten Christopher Martin
