五月花号公约 THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT (1620) Composed by William Bradford Adopted November 11,1620 [This Compact,drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower,was not a constitution,a document defining and limiting the functions ofgovernment.It was,however,the germ of popular government in America. Governor Bradford makes this reference to the circumstances under whichthe Compact was drawn up and signed: This day,before we came to harbour,observing some not well affected to unity and concord,but gave some appearance of faction,it was thought good there should be an association and agreement,that we should combine together in one body,and to submit to such government and governors as we should by common consent agree to make and choose,and set our hands to this that follows,word for word.] 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, having undertaken,for the glory of God,and advancement of the Christian五月花号公约 THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT（1620） Composed by William Bradford Adopted November 11， 1620 [This Compact， drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower， was not a constitution ， a document defining and limiting the functions ofgovernment. It was， however， the germ of popular government in America. Governor Bradford makes this reference to the circumstances under whichthe Compact was drawn up and signed： This day， before we came to harbour， observing some not well affected to unity and concord， but gave some appearance of faction， it was thought good there should be an association and agreement， that we should combine together in one body， and to submit to such government and governors as we should by common consent agree to make and choose， and set our hands to this that follows， word for word.] 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 ， having undertaken， for the glory of God， and advancement of the Christian