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, &c.
Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith, and honor 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 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 do 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 11. of November, in the
year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and
of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini 1620.