My Latin is poor so I can't make any educated comments about the grammar, but perhaps I can add a few things that can clarify the context.
Firstly, i asked to have my translation checked because I, too, was worried about that que... que... et.
But the text I was working form is from Medieval Latin Lyrics by Helen Waddell and it has a comma after solent - so I thought that leges and forum could not go with orare solent.
I was also concerned by that inclusum chorte tribunal. I wasn't sure of the meaning and I even thought that cohorte might have its other meaning of a yard or enclosure.
The translations I've read are not literal and so not very helpful:
The lawyer sees the judge, the crowded court (Helen Wadell)
the barrister pleads again in nightmare,
sees the twelve tables, the court, the guarded bench. (J P Sullivan)
However, I think Sullivan's suggestion of the Twelve Tables is very good - as they were indeed displayed in the forum and so could be seen awake as well as in dreams.
For those interested, here's the complete poem. It's Petronius fragment XXX.
I think this is a really wonderful poem so I wanted to be sure I understood it correctly.
Somnia, quae mentes ludunt volitantibus umbris,
non delubra deum nec ab aethere numina mittunt,
sed sibi quisque facit. nam cum prostrata sopore
urget membra quies et mens sine pondere ludit,
quidquid luce fuit tenebris agit. oppida bello
qui quatit et flammis miserandas eruit urbes,
tela videt versasque acies et funera regum
atque exundantes profuso sanguine campos.
qui causas orare solent, legesque forumque
et pavidi cernunt inclusum chorte tribunal.
condit avarus opes defossumque invenit aurum.
venator saltus canibus quatit. eripit undis
aut premit eversam periturus navita puppem.
scribit amatori meretrix, dat adultera munus:
et canis in somnis leporis vestigia lustrat.
in noctis spatium miserorum vulnera durant.
One final point: taking up the suggestion from J P Sullivan of "the guarded bench", would "the tribunal ringed by guards" be an acceptable poetic English translation of inclusum chorte tribunal?
Thanks for all your help.