In the name of God Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall Subjects of our dread sovereigne Lord King James by the Grace of God, of great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of the faith, &c.

Haveing undertaken, for the glorie of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant the first colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in the Presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by vertue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame, shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for the generall good of the Colonie: unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cap-Codd the 11 day of November, in the year the raigne of our sovereigne Lord King James of England, France, & Ireland, the eighteenth and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Ano: Dom. 1620.