Bluet d'Arb res, who took the name Comte de Permission, was protected by some of the most noble families in France, such as the Cr quis, the Lesdigui res, the Bouillons and the Nemours, and in he published (or had published for him) works where he claimed to be unable to either read or write, and has never learned but found himself filled with 'inspiration from God and the Angels'.