被緊縛的花房·紅字，淬煉劍的火(1)-清潔

上帝從亞當的懷中抽出劍，放在夏娃的火中淬煉

— — 繁花走線

嚴打

紅字

清潔

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, &c.

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; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, 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.

IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.

— — Mayflower Compact

以上帝的名義，阿門。我們這些以下簽名的人們，都是蒙上帝恩典的大不列顛、法蘭西、和愛爾蘭的國王、信仰的捍衛者等等、詹姆斯的忠誠臣民。為了上帝的榮燿，為了傳揚基督徒的信仰，為了我們國王和國家的榮譽，我們飄洋過海，在弗吉尼亞北部開墾第一個居住地。我們在上帝面前、也在我們彼此面前，共同莊嚴簽約，自願結為一個民事治理團體，為了使上述目的得到更好的維護、實施和發展。因而，我們建立、組成、構建這樣一個公正、平等的法律、典章、法令、憲章、職事體系；這應當是適當、必要、方便、時時更新的，並是為了居住地全體人民的公共益處；對此，我們都承諾遵守和服從。據此見證，我們在此簽名於科德角，11月11日，於英格蘭、法蘭西、愛爾蘭十八世國王暨蘇格蘭五十四世國王之詹姆斯的統治之下，於基督紀年1620年。

— — 《五月花號公約》

關注我，我們一起看花開花落; 分享我，此生艱難，唯有結緣;

— — 繁花走線