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 Roman 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 Drelincourt had 16 children. His third son, professor of physic at Leyden, was physician to the prince and princesses of Orange before their accession to the crown of England. Bayle has given him a high character. Mr Drelincourt died in 1660.