μηδενί δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement on anything until you have heard a speech on both sides
mergĕs: ĭtis, f. mergae.
I A sheaf: cerealis mergite culmi, Verg. G. 2, 517.—
II I. q. mergae, a two-pronged pitchfork, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296.