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MICHAEL DRAYTON, “TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE” (1606)

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Lurk here at home, with shame As the winds that blow you So absolute the deep All greater than your wish admiration for the New World and its potential, as well as his anticipation of the future of Virginia

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MAYFLOWER COMPACT

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“In the name of God, Amen” “Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our kind and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia” “We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James” “Covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic” “For our better ordering and preservation” reflects the pilgrims desire for self-governance and religious community

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JOHN WINTHROP, “ A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY” (1630)

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“We must be knit together in this work as one man” “We shall be as a city upon a hill” “Help one another” “We are a people of God” “We must delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together” vision of a godly society built on love, unity, and mutual support among its members