Whether, in these assemblies, the consultors had a deliberative or merely a consultative vote, was a matter of some discussion. In 1515, Cardinal Adrian, and in 1518 the Suprema, instructed inquisitors that though they must not render judgement without consulting jurists, they need not follow their advice, but could consult others and state the reasons for rejecting the previous opinions.[193] Arnaldo Albertino, on the contrary, after debating the question at length, decides that, under the canon law, inquisitors are bound by the majority vote.[194] This ignored the self-dependent organization of the Spanish Inquisition, and Rojas asserts positively that the vote of the consultors is consultative and not decisive.[195] Simancas decides that the true rule is that the inquisitors are not bound by the opinion of the consultors, although the question is debated; the Suprema instructed the tribunal of Córdova that, if the inquisitors and Ordinary are in accord, their opinion prevails over that of all the consultors, yet in Valladolid, unless there is a majority, even if the inquisitors and Ordinary agree, there is _discordia_ and the case is referred to the Suprema.[196] All this was settled by the Instructions of 1561, which declared that, if the inquisitors and Ordinary were unanimous, their vote was decisive against consultors more numerous, but that, whenever there was discordia between the former, the matter was to be referred to the Suprema and, in important cases, even when there was unanimity, it was to be consulted before executing the vote.[197] [Sidenote: _DELAYS_]