DRELINCOURT, CHARLES (1595-1669), French Prot estant divine, born at Sedan on July io, 1595, became minister of the Reformed Church at Charenton. His Catechism (Cate chisme ou instruction f amiliere, 165 2) and Christian's Defense against the Fears of Death (Consolations de fame fidele contr'e les frayeurs de la mort, 1651) became well known in England by means of translations, which were very frequently reprinted. It has been said that Defoe wrote his fiction of Mrs. Veal (A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal), who came from the other world to recommend the perusal of Drelincourt on Death, for the express purpose of promoting the sale of the English translation of the Consolations, to the fourth edition of which (1706) his contribution is added. Drelincourt died on Nov. 3, 1669.