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Parsifal was faster.

Please note that the uniform colors of the Prussian military are black and blue, but with the period between both sentences it's unlikely that those sentences mean something like "they'll learn what it means to be insulting against us [if/as] they want to beat [up] black and blue", instead it seems to be a statement about what colors their bodies will have after they've been beaten up by the Prussian soldiers.

Please also note that the text at gutenberg.org contains digitalization errors. I'm investigating if a correction is possible.