Wood on weather

Emphases mine:

Dec. 15, Sat., <1683> a great deal of snow fell; a child or two going to Wheatly starv'd to death at the bottome of Shotover. Frost followed; and continued extreem cold. Innocents day, Friday, Dec. 28, a very cold day. Wednesday night, 2 Jan., <1634> my bottle of ink frose at the fier side; Thursday night, the like; Friday night, Jan. 4, the like. Weather so cold, as not the like knowne by man. Sat., Sunday <Jan. 5, 6> extreame cold. Monday <Jan. 7> it gave a little. Thursday the 10 and Friday 11 it gave and thaw'd so that the spouts ran and the snow and some ice went away. Jan. 13 at night (Sunday) it frose againe and by degrees till the 22 day it was then as cold as in the former frost. Jan. 22 (T.) at night and 23 day (W.) extreame cold; Jan. 23 (W.) at night extreame cold; Jan. 24 (Th.) very cold, the quil would not run; and so continued till (M.) 4 Feb. and then in the evening it began to thaw which continued till 8 Feb. (F.) frost in the morning. So for severall mornings following little frosts. Did a great deal of mischief.

In addition to the ink freezing at the fireside and refusing to run in the quill, there's something emphatic about that extreame, don't you think?

From The life and times of Anthony Wood: antiquary, of Oxford, 1632-1695, described by himself.