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THE MAY FLOWER COMPACT In the name of God, Amen.五月花號公約 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., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement 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 of 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. ） “以上帝的名義，阿門。我們，下面的簽名人，作為偉大的詹姆斯一世的忠順臣民，為了給上帝增光，發揚基督教的信仰和我們祖國和君主的榮譽，特著手在弗吉尼亞北部這片新開拓的海岸建立第一個殖民地。我們在上帝的面前，彼此以莊嚴的面貌出現，現約定將我們全體組成公民政體，以使我們能更好地生存下來并在我們之間創造良好的秩序。為了殖民地的公眾利益，我們將根據這項契約頒布我們應當忠實遵守的公正平等的法律、法令和命令，并視需要而任命我們應當服從的行政官員。 ” |
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