In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign... Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancament 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 another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politik, for our better ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...