...submission and obedience."] Retranslated. In the original: "We whose names are under-written, [. . .] Having undertaken for the glory of God, and 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;...

...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 the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia;...

...James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c., 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,...

...first English settlers arriving on the Mayflower in 1620 wrote the Mayflower Compact4 which stated: "Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and 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."...

...constitutions. For example, the Mayflower Compact (1620) contains the following statement of purpose: Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virijmia;...

...bound themselves to a governing compact before departing from the Mayflower onto dry land "[hlaving undertaken for the Glory of God and 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....

...parts, to human Civility, and to a settled and quiet Government.... The Mayflower Compact (1620) reads, "Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith...." The Charter of Maryland (1632) says, "being animated with a laudable, and pious zeal for extending...

...James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland king, defender of the faith, &c. having undertaken, for the glory of God and 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,...

...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 Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents...

...Mayflower Compact, for example, opened on an unmistakably religious note: "In the name of God. Amen. . . . Having undertaken for the Glory of God and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...