...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...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...

...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...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...

...northern parts of Virginia, do these present solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into...furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices,...

...undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith ... a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these...solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering...

...advancement of the Christian faith. and honor of our kind and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these...solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering...

...advancement of the Christian faith. and honor of our kind and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these...solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering...

...advancement of the Christian faith and 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 of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for better ordering...

...Fathers entered into the following covenant: "We do solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together...politic for our better ordering and preservation." In his Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, Milton contended that men were born free and wrong sprang up...

...the Mayflower, the Pilgrims adopted an instrument for government called the "Mayflower Compact," to "combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation ... and by virtue hereof [to] enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions,...

...1620, We whose names are underwritten . , . Having undertaken a voyage to plant the first colony ... do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, Covenant and Combine our selves together into a civil body politic . . , The Massachusetts...