<P> In November 1620, the Mayflower anchored at what is now Plymouth, named after the major port city in Devon, England from which she sailed . The settlers named their settlement "New Plimoth" or "Plimouth", the most common spelling used by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation . </P> <P> The original document has been lost, but three versions exist from the 17th century: printed in Mourt's Relation (1622), which was reprinted in Purchas his Pilgrimes (1625); hand - written by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation (1646); and printed by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in New - Englands Memorial (1669). The three versions differ slightly in wording and significantly in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation . William Bradford wrote the first part of Mourt's Relation, including its version of the compact, so he wrote two of the three versions . The wording of those two versions is indeed quite similar, unlike that of Morton . Bradford's handwritten manuscript is kept in a vault at the State Library of Massachusetts . </P> <P> 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, etc . </P> <P> Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements 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 politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to 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 . </P>

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