8/31 That they had undertaken to found a colony in the northern parts of Virginia, and now bound themselves to form a "civil body politic." 3. That they would frame such just and equal laws, from time to time, as might be for the general good. And to these laws they promised "all due submission and obedience." [Footnote 1: The compact is in Poore's _Charters and Constitutions_, p. Read, by all means, Webster's _Plymouth Oration_.] [Illustration: Plymouth Rock] %34. The Founding of Plymouth% .-- The selection of a site for their home was now necessary, and five weeks were passed in exploring the coast before Captain Standish with a boatload of men entered the harbor which John Smith had noted on his map and named Plymouth. |