á tierra de moros—á buscar amiga...
(Men. Pel., Ant. X, 56: cf. also Ant. XI, 102)
This measure was also used in endechas, as in Los comendadores de Córdoba (fifteenth century), beginning:
¡Los comendadores,—por mi mal os vi!
Yo vi á vosotros,—vosotros á mí...
The 9-syllable line was not well received in Spain, and it has been little used. Iriarte, in his desire to vary the metrical constructions of his fables, used it at least once:
Sobre una mesa, cierto día,
Dando estaba conversación
Á un Abanico y á un Manguito