Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Mayflower Compact

(untranslated from the English)

In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten,
the loyall subjects of our dread soueraigne Lord King James
by ye grace of God, of great Britaine, franc, & Ireland king,
defender of ye faith, &c
Haueing vndertaken, for ye glorie of God, and aduancemente
of ye christian ^faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to
plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia· doe
by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and
one of another, couenant, & combine our selues togeather into a
ciuill body politick; for ye our better ordering, & preseruation & fur=
therance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof, to enacte,
constitute, and frame shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances,
Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought
most meete & conuenient for ye generall good of ye colonie: vnto
which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes
wherof we haue herevnder subscribed our names at Cap=
Codd ye ·11· of Nouember, in ye year of ye raigne of our soueraigne
Lord king James of England, france, & Ireland ye eighteenth
and of Scotland ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom ·1620·|


SIGNERS:

John Carver, Edward Tilley, Degory Priest ,
William Bradford, John Tilley, Thomas Williams ,
Edward Winslow, Francis Cooke, Gilbert Winslow ,
William Brewster, Thomas Rogers, Edmund Margesson ,
Isaac Allerton, Thomas Tinker, Peter Brown ,
Myles Standish, John Rigsdale, Richard Britteridge,
John Alden, Edward Fuller, George Soule ,
Samuel Fuller, John Turner, Richard Clarke,
Christopher Martin, Francis Eaton, Richard Gardinar,
William Mullins, James Chilton, John Allerton,
William White, John Crackstone, Thomas English,
Richard Warren, John Billington, Edward Doty,
John Howland, Moses Fletcher, Edward Leister,
Stephen Hopkins, John Goodman

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