five o'clock in the morning
The king , upon this , alters his resolution again , and resolves to fight , and at midnight calls us up at Harborough to come to a council of war . Fate and the king 's opinion determined the council of war ; and 't was resolved to fight . Accordingly the van , in which was Prince Rupert 's brigade of horse , of which my regiment was a part , counter-marched early in the morning . By five o'clock in the morning , the whole army , in order of battle , began to descry the enemy from the rising grounds , about a mile from Naseby , and moved towards them . They were drawn up on a little ascent in a large common fallow field , in one line extended from one side of the field to the other , the field something more than a mile over , our army in the same order , in one line , with the reserve . The king led the main battle of foot , Prince Rupert the right wing of the horse , and Sir Marmaduke Langdale the left . Of the enemy Fairfax and Skippon led the body , Cromwell and Rossiter the right , and Ireton the left , the numbers of both armies so equal , as not to differ 500 men , save that the king had most horse by about 1000 , and Fairfax most foot by about 500 .