none > no one; none was

2 With his rude claws the wicket open rent,

rude > rough, violent wicket > door, small door

3 And let her in; where, of his cruel rage 4 Nigh dead with fear and faint astonishment, 5 She found them both in darksome corner pent; 6 Where that old woman day and night did pray 7 Upon her beads, devoutly penitent;

beads > rosary beads

8 Nine hundred paternosters every day,

paternosters > (The Lord's Prayer, especially in Latin; pater noster = our father)

9 And thrice nine hundred Aves she was wont to say.

Ave > (Ave Maria, Hail Mary) wont > accustomed

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