And even if it does look like the spider has staggered out of the inkpot at the moment, it's really about getting your eye in on the handwriting, and proceeding letter by letter. And knowing that an e looks more like at o with a line across the middle, an h loops down below the line not above it, and a c looks like a modern r all helps.
And if you can read all the letters in a word, and it still doesn't make sense - try sounding it out. Spelling wasn't their strong point!
Most documents followed a fairly set formula. After identifying themselves and where they lived, and often saying why they were making their will (sicke in bodie) they usually left their "soule to Almightie God in the sure and certaine hope of the Resurrection", and may give directions for their burial. Then the bequests. Then they appointed executors, and sometimes what they called Overseers (to help the executors), before dating it and signing it (with the date spelt out in words, and the year is sometimes the Regnal Year).
Keep looking at it, you will probably be able to make out more words soon! And we can always help, via photos, tablets and moble phones take very good photos of documents!
