(Charles), minister of the reformed church at Paris, was born at Sedan, in 1595, where his father enjoyed a considerable post. He had all the qualifications that compose a respectable clergyman; and though he defended the Protestant cause against the Romish religion, was much esteemed even among the Catholics. He is best known in England by his Consolations against the fears of death, which work was translated, and is often printed. He married the daughter of a rich merchant at Paris, by whom he had 16 children; his third son, professor of physic at Leyden, was physician to the prince and princess of Orange, before their accession to the crown of England: Bayle has given him a high character. Mr Drelincourt died in 1660.